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THE  JOINT  MEETING  IN  ENGLAND 


ACCOUNT  OF  THE  JOINT  MEETING  OF  THE  AMERICAN 
SOCIETY  OF  MECHANICAL  ENGINEERS  WITH  THE 
INSTITUTION  OF  MECHANICAL  ENGINEERS 


Birmingham  and  London,  1910 

NOV  2iZ  i*18 


By  Calvin  W.  Rice,  Secretary 
The  American  Society  of  Mechanical  Engineers 


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in  2017  with  funding  from 

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JOINT  MEETING  IN  ENGLAND 


1697 


GEORGE  WESTINGHOUSE,  PRESIDENT 
The  American  Society  of  Mechanical  Engineers 


* 


JOINT  MEETING  IN  ENGLAND 


1699 


JOHN  A.  F.  ASPINALL,  PRESIDENT 

The  Institution  of  Mechanical  Engineers 


THE  JOINT  MEETING  IN  ENGLAND 

By  Calvin  W.  Rice 


TABLE  OF  CONTENTS 

Page 

Officers  and  Council  of  the  A.S.M.E 1703 

Committee  of  Arrangements 1704 

Official  Party 1705 

Other  Members  and  Guests  in  Attendance 1707 

Officers  and  Council  of  the  Institution 1708 

Birmingham  Reception  Committee 1709 

Members  of  the  Institution  in  Attendance 1709 

Invitation  from  the  Institution  and  Acceptance 1712 

Arrangements  for  Trip 1714 

Events  on  Shipboard 1715 

Welcome  in  Liverpool  and  Arrival  in  Birmingham 1721 

Dinner  given  by  President  Aspinall 1723 

Opening  of  the  Joint  Meeting: 

Welcoming  Addresses 1724 

Presentation  of  Watt  Letter 1725 

Papers  on  Locomotive  Terminals 1726 

Excursions  and  Trips 1726 

Garden  Fete 1730 

Second  Professional  Session: 

Telegram  from  Mr.  Westinghouse 1730 

Papers  on  High-Speed  Tools  and  Tooth  Gearing 1731 

Resolutions  of  Thanks  1731 

Excursions  and  Trips 1732 

Reception  in  the  Council  House 1733 

Departure  from  Birmingham 1734 

Excursions 1734 

Conversazione  in  Institution  House 1744 

London  Professional  Session: 

Address  of  Welcome 1745 

Papers  on  Electric  Traction 1745 

Resolutions  of  Thanks 1745 

Garden  Parties  and  Visits 1747 

Institution  Banquet 1747 

Trips  to  Windsor  and  Marlow 1748 

Dinner  given  by  Sir  Wm.  H.  and  Lady  White 1749 

Service  in  Westminster  Abbey 1749 

Dinner  given  by  Mr.  Swasey 1750 

Conclusion  of  Meeting 1750 


OFFICERS  AND  COUNCIL  OF  THE  AMERICAN  SOCIETY 
OF  MECHANICAL  ENGINEERS 


President 

George  Westinghouse,  Pittsburg,  Pa. 


Vice-Presidents 


Geo.  M.  Bond,  Hartford,  Conn. 
F.  M.  Whyte,  New  York 
W.  F.  M.  Goss,  Urbana,  111. 


R.  C.  Carpenter,  Ithaca,  N.  Y. 
Charles  Whiting  Baker,  New  York 
E.  D.  Meier,  New  York 


Past-Presidents 

John  R.  Freeman,  Providence,  R.  I.  Frederick  W.  Taylor,  Phila.,  Pa. 
F.  R.  Hutton,  New  York  M.  L.  Holman,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 

Jesse  M.  Smith,  New  York 


Managers 


Wm.  L.  Abbott,  Chicago,  111. 
Henry  G.  Stott,  New  York 

I.  E.  Moultrop,  Boston,  Mass. 

J.  Sellers  Bancroft,  Phila.,  Pa. 


Alex.  C.  Humphreys,  New  York 
H.  L.  Gantt,  New  York 
W.  J.  Sando,  Milwaukee,  Wis. 
James  Hartness,  Springfield,  Vt. 


H.  G.  Reist,  Schenectady,  N.  Y. 


Treasurer 

William  H.  Wiley,  New  York 

Chairman  of  the  Finance  Committee 

Arthur  M.  Waitt,  New  York 

Secretary 

Calvin  W.  Rice,  29  West  39th  Street,  New  York 


COMMITTEE  OF  ARRANGEMENTS 


Ambrose  Swasey,  Chairman  Chas.  Whiting  Baker,  Vice-Chairman 

Geo.  M.  Brill  John  R.  Freeman 

W.  F.  M.  Goss 
Members  Ex-Officio 

George  Westinghouse,  President  F.  R.  Hutton,  Honorary  Secretary 

William  H.  Wiley,  Treasurer  Calvin  W.  Rice,  Secretary 

Willis  E.  Hall,  Chairman  Meetings  Committee 


Sub-Committee  on  Entertainment 

George  M.  Brill,  Chairman  Mrs.  George  M.  Brill 

George  A.  Orrok  Mrs.  F.  R.  Hutton 

Mrs.  Jesse  M.  Smith 


Sub-Committee  on  Printing  and  Publication 


F.  R.  Hutton 


F.  R.  Low 


Sub-Committee  on  Acquaintanceship 


W.  F.  M.  Goss,  Chairman 
L.  D.  Burlingame 
H.  R.  Cobleigh 
Wm.  C.  Dart 
James  M.  Dodge 

Worcester  R.  Warner 


H.  L.  Gantt 
A.  M.  Greene,  Jr. 
F.  R.  Hutton 
C.  T.  Plunkett 
F.  H.  Stillman 


Sub-Committee  on  Transportation 


Charles  Whiting  Baker 


Calvin  W.  Rice 


Sub -Committee  on  Finance 

William.H.  Wiley 


Sub-Committee  on  Sports 


Spencer  Miller,  Chairman 
Alex.  W.  Moffat 


Spencer  Miller,  Jr. 


Karl  Dodge 
Theodore  Main 


MEMBERS  AND  GUESTS  OF  THE  AMERICAN  SOCIETY 
OF  MECHANICAL  ENGINEERS  IN  ATTENDANCE 

Official  Party  Sailing  on  White  Star  S.S.  Celtic 


PAST-PRESIDENTS 

Dodge,  James  M.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Freeman,  John  R.,  Sc.D.,  Providence,  R.  I. 

Hutton,  F.  R.,  C.E.,  M.E.,  Ph.D.,  Sc.D.,  New  York 
Smith,  Jesse  M.,  New  York 
Smith,  Oberlin,  Bridgeton,  N.  J. 

Swasey,  Ambrose,  Dr.  Eng.,  Sc.D.,  Cleveland,  Ohio 
Warner,  Worcester  R.,  Dr.Mech.Sc.,  Cleveland,  Ohio 

VICE-PRESIDENT 

Goss,  W.  F.  M.,  Dr. Eng.,  Urbana,  111. 

MANAGERS 

Gantt,  Henry  L.,  New  York 
Hartness,  James,  Springfield,  Vermont 

TREASURER 

Wiley,  William  H.,  M.C.,  New  York 

HONORARY  SECRETARY 

Hutton,  F.  R.,  C.E.,  M.E.,  Ph.D.,  Sc.D.,  New  York 
Secretary 

Rice,  Calvin  W.,  New  York 

Commander,  A.  E.  S.  Hambelton,  Lieut.  R.N.R. 

Surgeon,  A.  Hopper  Purser,  G.  H.  Brewer 

Chief  Steward,  G.  Roberton  Asst.  Purser,  L.  L.  Delacour 

Chief  Engineer,  C.  C.  Lapsley 


Adams,  Miss,  New  York,  with  Hon.  and  Mrs. 
Wm.  H.  Wiley 

Aldrich,  John  G.,  Providence,  R.  1. 

Alford,  L.  P.,  New  York 
Alford,  Mrs.,  New  York 
Armstrong,  Miss,  Elizabeth,  N.  J.,  with  Mr. 

and  Mrs.  S.  L.  Moore 
Baldwin,  Abram  T.,  Detroit,  Mich. 

Barnes,  Howel  H.,  Jr.,  New  York 
Bevin,  Sydney,  Walden,  N.  Y. 

Bevin,  Mrs.,  Walden,  N.  Y. 

Brill,  Geo.  M.,  Chicago,  111. 

Brill,  Mrs.,  Chicago,  111. 

Brill,  Elliot  M.,  Chicago,  111. 

Brill,  G.  Meredith,  Chicago,  111. 


Brooks,  J.  Ansel,  Providence,  R.  I. 

Bump,  Burton  N.,  Syracuse,  N.  Y. 

Bump,  Mrs.,  Syracuse,  N.  Y. 

Burlingame,  L.  D.,  Providence,  R.  I. 
Burlingame,  Mrs.,  Providence,  R.  I. 
Burlingame,  Miss,  Providence,  R.  I. 

Bursley,  Jos.  A.,  Ann  Arbor,  Mich. 

Bursley,  Mrs.,  Ann  Arbor,  Mich. 

Calder,  John,  Ilion,  N.  Y. 

Calder,  Mrs.,  Ilion,  N.  Y. 

Camp,  Geo.  E.,  Utica,  N.  Y. 

Clarke,  C.  W.  E.,  New  York 
Cobleigh,  H.  R.,  New  York 
Coffin,  Mrs.  Charles  H.,  New  York,  with  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Jesse  M.  Smith 


1706 


JOINT  MEETING  IN  ENGLAND 


Corbett,  Charles  H.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 
Corbett,  Mrs.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

Dart,  Wm.  C.,  Providence,  R.  I. 

Davis,  Chas.  Ethan,  Muncie,  Ind. 

Davis,  Mrs.,  Muncie,  Ind. 

Dean,  F.  W.,  Boston,  Mass. 

Dodge,  Mrs.  James  M.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Dodge,  Miss,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Dodge,  Karl,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Durfee,  Walter  C.,  Jamaica  Plain,  Mass. 
Durfee,  Miss,  Jamaica  Plain,  Mass. 

Foster,  Miss,  New  York,  with  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Augustus  Smith 

Freeman,  Mrs.  John  R.,  Providence,  R.  I. 
Galloupe,  Francis  E.,  Boston,  Mass. 
Galloupe,  Chauncy  Adams,  Boston,  Mass. 
Gantt,  Mrs.  H.  L.,  New  York 
Gilbreth,  Frank  B.,  New  York 
Gleason,  Wm.,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 

Goss,  Mrs.  W.  F.  M.,  Urbana,  111. 

Goss,  Miss,  Urbana,  111. 

Greene,  Arthur  M.,  Jr.,  Troy,  N.  Y. 

Greene,  Mrs.,  Troy,  N.  Y. 

Hallenbeck,  Geo.  E.,  Toledo,  Ohio 
Hamilton,  Chester  B.,  Jr.,  Toronto,  Can. 
Hartness,  Mrs.  James,  Springfield,  Vt. 
Hartness,  Miss,  Springfield,  Vt. 

Hartness,  Miss  Helen  E.,  Springfield,  Vt.] 
Higgins,  C.  P.,  Roselle,  N.  J. 

Higgins,  Mrs.,  Roselle,  N.  J. 

Hillyer,  Geo.,  Jr.,  Atlanta,  Ga. 

Honsberg,  August  A.,  Cleveland,  Ohiol 
Hutton,  Mrs.  F.  R.,  New  York 
Johnson,  A.  L.,  Muncie,  Ind. 

Johnson,  Mrs.,  Muncie,  Ind. 

Keep,  W.  J.,  Detroit,  Mich. 

Keep,  Mrs.,  Detroit,  Mich. 

Keep,  Miss,  Detroit,  Mich.\ 

Klepinger,  J.  H.,  Great  Falls,  Mont. 
Klepinger,  Mrs.,  Great  Falls,  Mont. 

Klock,  Frank  B.,  Syracuse,  N.  Y. 

Latham,  H.  M.,  Worcester,  Mass.] 

Leland,  Henry  M.,  Detroit,  Mich. 

Leland,  Mrs.,  Detroit,  Mich. 

Lewis,  Wilfred,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Lodge,  William,  Cincinnati,  Ohio 
Lodge,  Mrs.,  Cincinnati,  Ohio 
Low,  F.  R.,  New  York 
Low,  Mrs.,  New  York 
McCreery,  J.  H.,  New  York 
Main,  Charles  T.,  Boston,  Mass. 

Main,  Mrs.,  Boston,  Mass. 

Main,  Miss,  Boston,  Mass. 

Main,  Theodore,  Boston,  Mass. 


Marburg,  L.  C.,  New  York 
Miller,  Spencer,  New  York 
Miller,  Spencer,  Jr.,  New  York 
Moore,  S.  L.,  Elizabeth,  N.  J. 

Moore,  Mrs.,  Elizabeth,  N.  J. 

Morrin,  Thos.,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

Morrin,  Mrs.,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

Nelson,  James  W.,  New  York 
O’Neil,  J.  G.,  Chicago,  111. 

O’Neil,  Mrs.,  Chicago,  111. 

Orrok,  Geo.  A.,  New  York 
Parson,  Charles  H.,  New  York 
Parson,  Mrs.,  New  York 
Platt,  John,  New  York 
Plunkett,  Charles  T.,  Adams,  Mass. 
Plunkett,  Chas.  T.,  Jr.,  Adams,  Mass. 

Reed,  E.  Howard,  Worcester,  Mass. 

Reed,  Mrs.,  Worcester,  Mass. 

Reid,  Joseph,  Oil  City,  Pa. 

Richmond,  Knight  C.,  Providence,  R.  I. 
Roe,  J.  W.,  New  Haven,  Conn. 

Sague,  J.  E.,  Albany,  N.  Y. 

Sague,  Mrs.,  Albany,  N.  Y. 

Sague,  Miss,  Albany,  N.  Y. 

Sanford,  Geo.  R.,  Syracuse,  N.  Y. 

Scott,  Charles  F.,  Pittsburg,  Pa. 

Smith,  A.  Parker,  New  York 
Smith,  Mrs.,  New  York 
Smith,  Augustus,  New  York 
Smith,  Mrs.,  New  York 
Smith,  Mrs.  Jesse  M.,  New  York 
Smith,  Mrs.  Oberlin,  Bridgeton,  N.  J. 
Stillman,  F.  H.,  New  York 
Stillman,  Mrs.,  New  York 
Struckmann  H.,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 
Struckmann,  Mrs.,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 

Such,  Miss,  New  York,  with  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Augustus  Smith 

Swasey,  Mrs.  Ambrose,  Cleveland,  Ohio 
Thompson,  B.  L.,  Syracuse,  N.  Y. 
Thurston,  Edw.  D.,  Jr.,  New  York 
Thurston,  Mrs.,  New  York 
Turner,  Charles  P.,  New  York 
Waldo,  Leonard,  New  York 
Warner,  Mrs.  Worcester  R.,  Cleveland,  Ohio 
Wells,  F.  O.,  Greenfield,  Mass. 

Wells,  Mrs.,  Greenfield,  Mass. 

Wells,  Miss,  Greenfield,  Mass. 

Wheeler,  Seth,  Albany,  N.  Y. 

Wheeler,  Mrs.,  Albany,  N.  Y. 

Wiley,  Mrs.  Wm.  H.,  New  York 
York,  L.  D.,  Portsmouth,  Ohio 
York,  Robert,  Memphis,  Tenn. 


JOINT  MEETING  IN  ENGLAND 


1707 


Members  and  Guests  of  The  American  Society  of  Mechanical 
Engineers  Going  by  Other  Routes  or  in  Europe 


PAST-PRESIDENT 

Taylor,  Frederick  W.,  Sc.D.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

VICE-PRESIDENTS 

Baker,  Charles  Whiting,  New  York 
Meier,  E.  D.,  M..A.I.M.E.,  New  York 

CHAIRMAN,  MEETINGS  COMMITTEE 

Hall,  Willis  E.,  New  York 


HONORARY  MEMBERS 

Unwin,  W.  Cawthorne,  Ll.D.,  F.R.S.,  London 
White,  Sir  William  H.,  K.C.B.,  Ll.D.,  D.Sc.,  F.R.S.,  London 


Adamson,  Daniel,  Hyde,  Cheshire,  Eng. 
Angstrom,  C.  J.,  Worcester,  Mass. 

Baker,  Mrs.  Charles  Whiting,  New  York 
Baker,  J.  Wheeler,  New  York 
Bates,  Edward  P.,  Syracuse,  N.  Y. 

Bell,  James  R.,  Kent,  England 
Bourne,  G.  L.,  Chicago,  111. 

Brown,  J.  J.,  Elizabeth,  N.  J. 

Christie,  A.  G.,  Madison,  Wis. 

Clark,  Frank  Henry,  Chicago,  111. 

Clark,  Mrs.,  Chicago,  111. 

Clark,  Miss,  Chicago,  111. 

Clark,  Harold,  Chicago,  111. 

Cooke,  Thomas  F.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 
Cooke,  Mrs.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

Crawford,  D.  F.,  Pittsburg,  Pa. 
Crawford,  Mrs.,  Pittsburg,  Pa. 

Cromwell,  J.  C.,  Cleveland,  O. 
Cullingsworth,  George  R.,  New  York 
Dietz,  Carl  F.,  Boston,  Mass. 

Dirks,  Henry  B.,  Urbana,  111. 

Dixon,  W.  F.,  Moscow,  Russia 
Eyermann,  Peter,  Austria 
Ferris,  Charles  E.,  Knoxville,  Tenn. 

Fry,  Lawford,  H.,  Paris,  France 
Garratt,  E.  A.,  London,  Eng. 

Garratt,  Mrs.,  London,  Eng. 

Hall,  Mrs.  Willis  E.,  New  York 
Hanson,  George,  Sterling,  111. 

Hanson,  Mrs.,  Sterling,  111. 

Heap,  Douglas  T.,  Kent,  England 
Hering,  Rudolph,  New  York 
Hess,  Henry,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Hess,  Mrs.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Hess,  Miss,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Hess,  H.  Lawrence,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Katzenstein,  Martin  L.,  New  York 
King,  Frank  B.,  Washington,  D.  C. 
Kirchhoff,  Charles,  New  York 
Kothny,  G.  L.,  Manchester,  Eng. 

Kroto,  G.,  London,  Eng. 


Lange,  P.  A.,  Manchester,  Eng. 

Lee,  F.  V.  T.,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 
Longstreth,  Charles,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Marks,  L.  S.,  Cambridge,  Mass. 

Marks,  Mrs.,  Cambridge,  Mass. 

Marks,  Miss,  Cambridge,  Mass. 

Mathot,  R.  E.,  Brussels,  Belgium 
Mesta,  George,  Pittsburg,  Pa. 

Meier,  Miss  M.  Alice,  New  York 
Meier,  Miss  Clara  E.,  New  York 
Moreton,  Geo.  W.,  Wilmington,  Del. 
Morgan,  L.  H.,  Cheshire,  Eng. 

Morgan,  Mrs.,  Cheshire,  Eng. 

Orcutt,  Harry  F.  L.,  Birmingham,  Eng. 
Reid,  John  S.,  Chicago,  111. 

Richards,  Charles  R.,  New  York 
Righter,  A.  A.,  Chicago,  111. 

Ripsch,  C.  W.,  Dayton,  O. 

Scott,  Arthur  C.,  London,  Eng. 

Scott,  Mrs.,  London,  Eng. 

Serle,  Mrs.  M.  E.,  with  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Henry 
Hess,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Simpson,  C.  C.,  New  York 
Sinclair,  Angus,  New  York 
Sinclair,  Mrs.,  New  York 
Smith,  Alton  L.,  Worcester,  Mass. 

Sunstrom,  K.  J.,  Stockholm,  Sweden 
Taylor,  Frank  H.,  London,  Eng. 

Taylor,  Mrs.,  London,  Eng. 

Taylor,  Mrs.  Fred.  W.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Taylor,  Miss,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Trube,  G.  A.,  Manchester,  Eng. 

Tyler,  Willard  C.,  London,  Eng. 

Van  Der  Willigen,  T.  A.,  Brussels,  Belgium 
Vernon,  P.  V.,  Coventry,  Eng. 

Voorhees,  G.  T.,  New  York 
Ward,  Charles,  Charleston,  W.  Va. 

Watson,  William,  Boston,  Mass. 

Willhofft,  F.  O.,  Kingston,  Can. 

Willhofft,  Mrs.,  Kingston,  Can. 


OFFICERS  AMD  COUNCIL  OF  THE  INSTITUTION  OF 
MECHANICAL  ENGINEERS 

President 


Aspinall,  John  A.  F.,  Manchester 

Past-Presidents 


Johnson,  Samuel  Waite,  Notting- 
ham 

Kennedy,  Sir  Alexander  B.W., 
Ll.D.,  F.R.S., London 
Martin,  Edward  P.,  Abergavenny 
Maw,  William  H.,  Ll.D.,  London 


Richards,  E.  Windsor,  Caerleon 
Riches,  T.  Hurry,  Cardiff 
Westmacott,  Percy  G.  B.,  Ascot 
White,  Sir  William  H.,  K.C.B., 
Ll.D.,  D.Sc.,  F.R.S.,  London 
Wicksteed,  J.  Hartley,  Leeds 


V ice-Presidents 

Davey,  Henry,  Ewell  Lewis,  Sir  William  T.,  Bart., 

Ellington,  Edward  B.,  London  K.C.V.O.,  Aberdare 

Harris,  H.  Graham,  London  Tannett-Walker,  A.  T.,  Leeds 

Keen,  Arthur,  Birmingham 


Members  of  Council 


Allen,  William  H.,  Bedford 
Barr,  Archibald,  D.Sc.,  Glasgow 
Barry,  Sir  J.  Wolfe,  K.C.B.,  Ll.D., 
F.R.S.,  London 

Churchward,  George  J.,  Swindon 
Donaldson,  H.  F.,  C.B.,  Woolwich 
Hadfield,  Sir  Robert  A.,  F.R.S., 
Sheffield 

Hele-Shaw,  H.  S.,  Ll.D.,  F.R.S., 
London 

Hopkinson,  Edward,  D.Sc.,  Man- 
chester 

Hoyle,  J.  Rossiter,  Sheffield 
Ivatt,  Henry  A.,  Doncaster 
Lea,  Henry,  Birmingham 

Hon.  Treasurer 

Huson,  Arthur 


Longridge,  Michael,  Manchester 
Matthews,  Robert,  Manchester 
Pirrie,  The  Right  Hon.  Lord  K.P., 
P.C.,  Ll.D.,  Belfast 
Pitt,  Walter,  Bath 
Reay,  Thomas  P.,  Leeds 
Robinson,  Mark  H.,  London 
Sankey,  Captain  H.  Riall,  R.E.  ret., 
London 

Thornycroft,  Sir  John  I.,  Ll.D., 
F.R.S.,  London 

Unwin,  Professor  W.  Cawthorne, 
Ll.D.,  F.R.S.,  London 
Worsdell,  Wilson,  Gateshead 


Auditor 

McLean,  Robert  A.,  F.C.A. 


Secretary 


Worthington,  Edgar 


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1709 


Birmingham  Reception  Committee 

Chairman 

The  Right  Hon.  The  Lord  Mayor,  Alderman  W.  H.  Bowater 

V ice-C  hairman 

Alderman  Sir  George  H.  Kenrick  Sir  Oliver  J.  Lodge,  D.Sc.,  Ll.D.,  F.R.S. 

Henry  Lea,  Esq.  George  Tangye,  Eqs. 


Honorary  Treasurer 

Alexander  Fyshe,  Esq. 


Honorary  Secretaries 

Howard  Heaton,  Esq.  • Fred.  M.  Lea,  Esq. 


MEMBERS 

Adamson,  Daniel,  Hyde 
Adamson,  Joseph,  Hyde 
Addy,  George,  Sheffield 
Ahmed  Pasha,  Vice-Admiral,  Constantinople 
Allcard,  Harry,  London 
Allen,  Harold  Gwynne,  Bedford 
Ames,  Richard,  London 
Ashbury,  Thomas,  Manchester 
Astbury,  A.  J.,  Birmingham 
Aston,  John  W.,  Birmingham 
Atherton,  William  Henry,  Derby 
Attwood,  Jabez,  Stourbridge 
Awdry,  W.  L.,  Birmingham 
Baldwin,  Arthur  Hugh,  Manchester 
Bale,  Manfred  Powis,  London 
Balkwill,  Alfred  John,  Selby 
Barker,  Thomas  Perronet,  Birmingham 
Barker,  T.  Birkett,  Warwickshire 
Barrow,  Louis,  Birmingham 
Bayliss,  T.  R.,  Birmingham 
Bell,  Major  Charles  Thornhill,  R.  A.,  Cossipore, 
India 

Beiliss,  John,  Birmingham 
Beswick,  F.  A.,  Manchester 
Bettany,  John  Thomas,  Birmingham 
Bilbie,  John,  London 

Billetop,  Torben  Christian,  Newcastle-on-Tyne 

Bird,  William  Hobart,  Coventry 

Brackenbury,  H.  I.,  Newcastle-on-Tyne 

Braithwaite,  Charles  C.,  Elstree,  Herts. 

Bromiley,  William  J.,  Bolton 

Brown,  Andrew,  London 

Brown,  William,  London 

Brunton,  J.  F.,  Karachi,  India 

Bryce,  William  Edward,  Wolverhampton 

Budenberg,  Christian  Frederick,  Manchester 

Butterworth,  Joseph,  Manchester 


Cantrill,  W.  L.,  London 
Causer,  William  George,  Birmingham 
Challen,  S.  W.,  Birmingham 
Chalmers,  John  Reid,  London 
Chamberlain,  John,  London 
Chatterton,  Alfred,  Madras,  India 
Child,  George  Thomas,  Stoke-on-Trent 
Clark,  William  Frederick,  Birmingham 
Clarkson,  Charles,  Edinburgh 
Clarkson,  Thomas,  Chelmsford 
Clayton,  J.  A.,  Bombay,  India 
Cleland,  William,  Sheffield 
Cochrane,  John,  Glasgow 
Conaty,  George,  Birmingham 
Cook,  William  Hall,  Manchester 
Cormack,  Prof.  J.  D.,  London 
Cosser,  Thomas,  Karachi,  India 
Cottrell,  Stephen  Butler,  Birkenhead 
Cowan,  P.  J.,  London 
Cox,  Job,  Birmingham 
Crompton,  Col.  R.  E.  B.,  London 
Crosta,  Lorenzo  William,  Nottingham 
Darling,  John  William,  Keighley 
Darlington,  Seymour  Nance,  London 
Davidson,  Albert,  Sheffield 
Davidson,  John  McKenzie,  Karachi,  India 
Davies,  Edmund  Joseph,  Ipswich 
Davison,  John  Willliam,  Pontyprydd 
Deakin,  Walter,  Birmingham 
Dean,  Frederic  William  Charles,  Woolwich 
Dickinson,  James  Clark,  Sunderland 
Dickinson,  R.  H.,  Birmingham 
Dixon,  Walter,  Glasgow 

Dixon,  W.  F.,  Podolsk,  Moscow  Govt.,  Russia 
Douglas,  George  Cameron,  Dundee 
Dronsfield,  James,  Oldham 
Dugard,  William  Henry,  Birmingham 
Dumas,  Robert,  Rugby 


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JOINT  MEETING  IN  ENGLAND 


Duncan,  John,  London 
Dunn,  Hugh  Shaw,  Kilmarnock 
Echevarri,  Juan  Thomas  Wood,  London 
Edmonds,  Major  Richard  James,  A.O.D., 
London 

Edwards,  Albert  Edward  Alexander,  Birming- 
ham 

Etherington,  John,  London 
Everett,  Professor  Wilfrid  Hermann,  Howrah, 
Bengal 

Fielding,  John,  Gloucester 

Fish,  Sylvester  Robert,  Lisbon,  Portugal 

Fowler,  Henry,  Derby 

Fraser,  Patrick,  Arbroath 

Fry,  L.  H.,  Paris 

Gadd,  Wm.,  Limerick 

Gardner,  J.  C.,  London 

Garratt,  E.  A.,  London 

Garratt,  H.  W.,  Manchester 

Gerebiateff,  Col.  John  Theodore,  I.R.A., 

St.  Petersburg,  Russia 
Ginsom,  Arthur  James,  Leicester 
Goodchild,  Walter  Cullingford,  Derby 
Griggs,  W.  J.,  Elstree,  Herts. 

Grimshaw,  James  Walter,  London 
Haden,  W.  N.,  Trovv bridge 
Hadley,  Walter,  Oldbury,  Birmingham 
Haines,  Charles  James,  London 
Hall,  Thomas  Bernard,  Birmingham 
Hall,  J.  W.,  Birmingham 
Harrison,  George,  London 
Hartness,  James,  Springfield,  Vt.,  U.  S.  A. 
Hawksley,  Charles,  London 
Hawksley,  Kenneth  Phipson,  London 
Heap,  Ray  Douglas  Theodore,  Woolwich 
Heath,  Ashton  Marler,  London 
Heaton,  William  Henry,  London 
Higginbottom,  Lloyd,  Manchester 
Hobbs,  Charles  James,  Chester 
Honiball,  Charles  Roland,  Liverpool 
Hookham,  John  Albert,  Stoke-on-Trent 
Howie,  J.  M.,  London 
Howl,  Edmund,  Tipton 
Howlett,  Francis,  London 
Hughes,  George,  Horwich,  Lancs. 

Humpage,  Thomas,  Bristol 

Humphrey,  Herbert  Alfred,  London 

Humphryes,  James  Hulse,  London 

Ingram,  Alfred,  London 

Innlss,  J.  J.,  Birmingham 

Instone,  Thomas,  London 

Ireland,  W.  C.,  London 

James,  Thomas,  Derby 

Jefferiss,  Thomas,  Birmingham 

Jolly,  C.  E.,  Birmingham 

Jones,  Arthur  Dansey,  Horwich,  Lansc. 

Jones,  Edward,  Birmingham 
Jones,  Frederick  Robert,  Tunbridge  Wells 
Kenrick,  John  Archibald,  West  Bromwich 
Kidd,  John  William,  Stoke-on-Trent 
Kirkaldy,  William  George,  London 


Kroto,  George,  London 
Lacy-Hulbert,  Charles  Edward,  London 
Lange,  P.  A.,  Manchester 
Lea,  Frederick  Mackenzie,  Birmingham 
Lee,  S.  E.,  Limerick 
Legros,  Lucien  Alphonse,  Watford 
Low,  Professor  David  Allan,  London 
Lucy,  Arthur  John,  Stourport 
MacCarthy,  Samuel,  London 
Mackenzie,  Thomas  Brown,  Motherwell 
Mano,  Professor  Bunji,  Tokyo,  Japan 
Mapplebeck,  Edward,  Birmingham 
Marks,  Edward  Charles  Robert,  Birmingham 
Marshall,  William  Bayley,  Malvern 
Massey,  Harold  Fletcher,  Manchester 
Massey,  Leonard  Fletcher,  Manchester 
Mathot,  R.  E.  Brussels,  Belgium 
McFarlane,  John  Alexander,  London 
McFarlane,  Lauchlan  Grant,  Barrow-in-Furness 
Mellanby,  Prof.  A.  L.,  Glasgow 
Metcalfe,  James,  Manchester 
Miller,  John  Smith,  Nottingham 
Mills,  Wm.,  Sunderland 
Mitchell,  Geo.,  London 
Mitton,  Edward  Moss,  Birmingham 
Morcom,  R.  H.,  London 
Morton,  A.  H.,  London 
Mower,  George  A.,  London 
Mueller,  Otto  Hildebert,  London 
Munro,  Hugh,  Kilmarnock 
Muntz,  Sir  Gerald  Albert,  Bart.,  Birmingham 
Niblock,  F.,  Singapore 
Nicholson,  Hy.,  Manchester 
O’Brien,  John  Owden,  Manchester 
Oglethorpe,  William  Allan,  Liverpool 
Okolski,  Stanislaw  Jan,  Warsaw,  Russian 
Poland 

Orcutt,  Harry  Fred  Lee,  Sutton-on-Sea,  Lines. 
Oxlade,  Henry  John  Wilson,  London 
Pain,  A.  C.,  London 
Parrott,  T.  H.,  Birmingham 
Pedley,  Heber  Isaac,  Birmingham 
Pendred,  Loughnan  St.  Lawrence,  London 
Penn,  William  Cooper,  London 
Platt,  F.  J.,  Stroud,  Glos. 

Pooley,  Henry,  Disley,  Stockport 
Reavell,  William,  Ipswich 
Rendell,  Alan  Wood,  London 
Renold,  Hans,  Manchester 
Ridley,  C.  O.,  London 

Ringquist,  Justus  Magnus,  Thornaby-on-Tees 
Riseley,  H.  L.  Newcastle-on-Tyne 
Roberts,  Charles  Thomas,  Mysore  Province, 
India 

Roberts,  David  Evan,  Cardiff 
Roberts,  Hugh  Jorwerth,  Liverpool 
Robertson,  Leslie  Stephen,  London 
Robson,  William  Henry,  Birmingham 
Ronald,  Henry,  London 
Rudder,  Frank  Percy,  Derby 
Ryder,  George  Albert,  Bolton 


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1711 


Sanders,  Henry  Conrad,  Southall 

Saxon,  Alfred,  Manchester 

Saxon,  James,  Manchester 

Schontheil,  Theodore,  Cardiff 

Scott,  Charles  Herbert,  Goucester 

Seaman,  Charles  Joseph,  Worcester 

Sharp,  Robert  Gordon,  Leeds 

Sheldon,  Joseph,  Sheffield 

Shin,  Tsuneta,  Tokyo,  Japan 

Shortt,  William  Llewellyn  Everett,  Colchester 

Simpkin,  Frank  Henry,  Sheffield 

Sirri,  Major  M.,  Constantinople 

Sisson,  Arthur  White,  Gloucester 

Smallman,  Herbert  Spencer,  Wednesbury 

Smart,  Lewis  Anderson,  London 

Smith,  R.  T.,  London 

Smith,  John,  Burton-on-Trent 

Somers,  Walter,  Birmingham 

Spencer,  John,  Wednesbury 

Spencer,  Thomas  Harris,  Wednesbury 

Spooner,  Prof.  Henry  John,  London 

Stirk,  Greenwood,  Halifax 

Stone,  Sidney,  London 

Strong,  E.  S.,  London 

Swasey,  Ambrose,  Cleveland,  Ohio,  U.  S.  A. 
Sugden,  Thomas,  London 
Tartt,  William,  South  Godstone,  Surrey 
Taylor,  Joseph  Samuel,  Birmingham 
Tearoe,  James,  London 
Thornbery,  William  Henry,  Birmingham 
Titley,  Arthur,  Birmingham 
Tomkins,  John  APred,  R.N.R.,  Johannes- 
burg, Transvaal 
Turner,  Alfred,  Birmingham 
Urie,  William  Montgomerie,  Glasgow 
Vaux,  Walter,  Liverpool 
Vernon,  Percy  Venables,  Coventry 
Waddington,  Richard,  London 
Wailes,  Reginald  Percy,  London 
Wainwright,  John  William,  London 
Waister,  William  Henry,  Swindon 
Walker,  Joseph  Griffin,  Walsall 
Wall,  Charles  Henry,  Birmingham 
Warden,  Walter  Evers,  Birmingham 
Warden-Stevens,  Frederic  J.,  London 
Watson,  Frank  Leslie,  Pershore 
Watson,  Henry  Burnett,  Newcastle-on-Tyne 
Wearing,  John  Evenden,  Birmingham 
Wicksteed,  Charles,  Kettering 
Widdowson,  John  Henry,  Manchester 
Williams,  Charles  Edward,  London 
Williams,  W.  H.,  Swindon 
Winder,  Oliver,  Wednesbury 
Wood,  Edward  Malcolm,  London 
Woof,  Thomas,  London 
Worsley,  Philip  John,  Jun.,  Birmingham 
Wright,  Thomas,  Manchester 
Yates,  Harry  James,  Birmingham 
Young,  Smelter  Joseph,  Sheffield 


ASSOCIATE  MEMBERS 

Allen,  T.  F.,  Wednesbury 

Arnold,  Arnold  Attwood,  Glasgow 

Aston,  Edward  Backland  Stuckey,  London 

Atkins,  Evan  Arthur,  Liverpool 

Atkins,  Harry  Frederick,  Shipley,  Yorks. 

AughtUs,  Herbert,  London 

Bailey,  Duncan,  Wakefield 

Perry,  Frederick,  Bolton 

Blissett,  Percival  Thomas,  Dublin 

Bolton,  Henry,  London 

Boot,  Horace  Louis  Petit,  Tunbridge  Wells 

Boultbee,  Henry  Arthur,  Birmingham 

Boulton,  Percival  Raymond,  Birmingham 

Bourne,  Ernest  Spencer,  Runcorn 

Boys,  Sidney  James,  Walsall 

Bretell,  J.  O.,  Worcester 

Bridge,  Arthur  George,  Rochdale 

Brown,  Edward  George,  Birmingham 

Bruce,  Archibald  Kay,  Hatch  End,  S.O. 

Midds. 

Burn,  Chas.  Wm.,  West  Bromwich 
Burgess,  Gerard  Herbert,  Birmingham 
Carrington,  George,  Birmingham 
Carter,  Walter,  Sheffield 
Castle,  Frank,  Birmingham 
Christmas,  E.  B.,  London 
Clarkson,  Sydney  Samuel,  Manchester 
Cleaver,  William,  Port  Talbot 
Collyer,  Percy  Nicholson,  Birmingham 
Conradi,  Charles  Guthrie,  Derby 
Crawford,  J.  F.,  Liverpool 
Crosier,  Edward  James,  Newcastle-on-Tyne 
Crossley,  John,  Birmingham 
Cuthbert,  Harold  Parker,  Birmingham 
Dale,  Robert  Davidson,  Birmingham 
Davis,  Thomas  Jessop,  Ennlscorthy 
Douglass,  Alfred  Edwards,  Birmingham 
Drury,  Harry  James  Hutchison,  Swansea 
Ellington,  Noel  Bayzand,  Chester 
Engholm,  Alexander  Goldie,  Birmingham 
Etchells,  E.  F.,  London 
Forward,  Ernest  Alfred,  London 
Gamble,  George  Martin,  Birmingham 
Gledhill,  Arthur  Henry,  Halifax 
Green,  Bernard  Joseph,  Kidderminster 
Greenwood,  Vladimir  Edward,  Birmingham 
Griffiths,  Edward  Meredith,  London 
Griffiths,  Harold,  Birmingham 
Guest,  George  Nevill,  Birmingham 
Harben,  G.  A.,  London 
Harris,  F.  G.  R.,  London 
Harris,  William  Robert  Alexander,  Wooburn, 
Bucks 

Hartness,  John  Anton,  London 
Hatton,  James,  Burton-on-Trent 
Hayward,  Joseph  William,  Montreal,  Canada 
Hibberd,  Frederick  Charles,  Slough 
Hicks,  Frederick  George,  Birmingham 
Hilton,  N.  L.,  Coventry 


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Hudson,  Ernest  Victor,  Birmingham 
Hurd,  Milner,  Dudley 
Inkson,  N.  L.,  Jalampur,  India 
Jackson,  Robert  Hiram,  Manchester 
James-Carrington,  Henry,  Birmingham 
Jewson,  Herbert,  Dereham 
Johnson,  Frederick  Samuel  Lovick,  Sylhet, 
Assam,  India 

Ketley,  Chas.  Boswart,  Birmingham 

Lack,  Charles  Tibbit,  Cambridge 

Lake,  C.  S.,  London 

Lane,  Norman  Augustus,  Birmingham 

Leach,  Harry,  London 

Lewis,  Paul  Alexander,  Wolverhampton 

Lewis,  W.  Y.,  London 

Lindop,  William,  Tipton 

Lockwood,  Bunce  Y.,  London 

Longhurst,  Henry  Alexander,  London 

Mackintosh,  Donald  Grant,  Birmingham 

March,  S.  H.,  Manchester 

Marks,  Alfred  Pally,  Birmingham , 

Maw,  Henry,  London 
Maw,  Robert  Lewis,  London 
Maw,  Thomas  Frederick,  London 
McLaren,  William  David,  Roorkee,  N.W.P., 
India 

Meaden,  Albert  Edward,  Kuala  Lumpor,  Se- 
langor, F.M.S. 

Moody,  George  Henry,  Bradley,  Bilston 
Morgan,  D.  H.,  Felstead,  Essex 
Nasmith,  John,  Birmingham 
Nettlefold,  Godfrey,  Birmingham 
Parker,  John,  Tipton 
Parsonage,  William  Rawlett,  Birmingham 
Pinfield,  William  Vicary,  Birmingham 
Pochin,  Edward  Arnold,  Manchester 
Podesta,  John  James,  Wolverhampton 
Porter,  Ralph  Classon,  Birmingham 
Poulton,  Wm.,  Sheffield 
Pritchard,  William  Elias,  Bangor 
Pullin,  Joseph  Alexander,  Birmingham 
Radcliffe,  John  James,  Rochdale 
Redman,  Sydney  George,  Newcastle-on-Tyne 
Reynolds,  Alfred  Milward,  Birmingham 
Richey,  William  Frederick  Albert,  Birmingham 
Robertson,  Rudolph  Alexander,  Assam,  India 
Robey,  Ernest  William,  Birmingham 
Rosevere,  Gerald  Rhodes,  Birmingham 
Rosher,  Noel  Burn,  Birmingham 
Rushworth,  David,  Chesterfield 
Scott,  Woolby  Lockwood,  Ipswich 
Scott-Linsley,  Herbert  Llewellyn,  Worcester 
Shapton,  Norman  William,  London 
Shepherd,  James  Horace,  Wolverhampton 
Smith,  Dempster,  Manchester 
Smith,  Louis  William,  Lincoln 
Smith,  Thomas  John,  Hanley,  Staffordshire 
Spencer,  Henry  Wilmot,  London 
Steven,  James  Dunlop,  Birmingham 
Suffield,  Frank  Wilson,  Birmingham 
Sunderland,  Wallace,  Leeds 
Sutton,  Frederick  Bass,  Birmingham 


Swan,  E.  M.,  Cardiff 

Symons,  James  Francis,  London 

Taylor,  Charles  Albert,  London 

Tomes,  William  Jameson,  Jamalpur,  Bengal 

Utting,  Samuel,  London 

Vickers,  Ernest  John,  Birmingham 

Wade,  F.  R.,  Birmingham 

Wainwright,  Walter  Hepburn,  London 

Walker,  Alfred,  London 

Walter,  D’Arcy  Joseph,  Birmingham 

Warner,  Francis  George , Birmingham 

Watson,  Herbert  Edward,  Calcutta 

Whitehead  Richard  David,  Derby 

Whitehouse,  George  Henry,  Tipton 

Williams,  John  Robert,  Sheffield 

Williams,  N.  C.,  Birmingham 

Williamson,  Edward,  London 

Willis,  Edward,  London 

Wright,  Isaac  Henry,  Coventry 

ASSOCIATES 

Allen,  William  Edgar,  Litt.D.,  Sheffield 
Foster,  George,  Rotherham 
James,  Albert  Alfred,  West  Bromwich 
Kennan,  Williams  Thomas,  Dublin 

GRADUATES 

Algar,  S.  C.,  London 

Ansell,  Arthur  Molloy,  Toong,  Bengal 

Aykroyd,  John  Kenneth,  London 

Baker,  Edward,  Rotherham 

Bamford,  J.  I.,  London 

Bentall,  A.  F.,  Chelmsford 

Brander,  James,  Bristol 

Brown,  Ernest  William,  Leighton  Buzzard 

Bumpus,  Frank  Arnold,  Loughborough 

Carrick,  Joseph  Ernest  Cecil,  S.  Milford,  Yorks. 

Currall,  Edward  Percy,  Birmingham 

Eid,  Abd-el  Fakah,  Liverpool 

Gledhill,  Gilbert,  Halifax 

Guy,  Henry  Lewis,  Penarth 

Head,  George  Bruges  Digby,  London 

Hillhouse,  John  Paton,  Birmingham 

Jordan,  F.  W.,  London 

Kendall,  Alfred  Harold,  Birmingham 

Kingsmill,  V.  H.,  London 

Lightfoot,  Kenneth,  London 

Lloyd-Parton,  Fred,  Wolverhampton 

Mann,  Ernest  Leonard,  Lincoln 

Maw,  Arthur  Ernest,  Lincoln 

Mercer,  George  Henry,  Birmingham 

Moss,  F.  C.,  Rotherham 

O’Brien,  George  Holme,  B.Sc.,  Manchester 

Reeve,  Edward,  Birmingham 

Shearman,  John,  Jun.  London 

Smith,  Charles  St.  Vincent,  Stoke-on-Trent 

Somers,  Frank,  Birmingham 

Symons,  Angus  Bryant,  London 

Vicars,  Theo.,  Jun.,  London 

Vining,  Roy  Veitch,  London 

Walker,  Charles  Albert,  London 

Wallbridge,  C.  S.,  London 


THE  JOINT  MEETING,  1910 


By  Calvin  W.  Rice,  Secretary 
The  American  Society  of  Mechanical  Engineers 

In  the  Spring  of  the  year  1909,  Sir  Robert  Hadfield,  a member  of 
the  Council  of  the  Institution  of  Mechanical  Engineers,  brought  to 
The  American  Society  of  Mechanical  Engineers,  on  one  of  his  fre- 
quent trips  to  America,  the  first  intimation  of  a Joint  Meeting  to  be 
held  in  England  the  summer  of  the  following  year.  This  was  con- 
firmed in  September  by  the  following  formal  invitation  from  our 
sister  organization: 

The  Institution  of  Mechanical  Engineers 
Storey’s  Gate,  St.  James  Park,  Westminster,  S.  W. 

17th  September,  1909. 

Dear  Mr.  President: 

At  a Meeting  of  the  Council  of  this  Institution  held  today,  the  following  Reso- 
lution was  unanimously  passed : 

“That  a very  hearty  invitation  be  sent  to  The  American  Society  of  Mech- 
anical Engineers  to  participate  in  a Joint  Meeting  in  England  with  the  Insti- 
tution of  Mechanical  Engineers,  and  that  the  Meeting  be  held  in  the  Summer  of 
1910,  if  possible  during  the  last  week  in  July.” 

I need  scarcely  say  how  warmly  the  subject  was  supported  by  those  present, 
especially  as  the  Council  had  learnt  from  the  Committee  appointed  to  confer 
with  Mr.  H.  deB.  Parsons,  the  special  representative  of  your  Society,  the  cor- 
diality with  which  the  idea  had  been  taken  up  by  your  Members. 

We  hope  that  we  may  be  favored  with  the  presence  of  yourself,  your  Council, 
and  many  of  your  Members  at  the  proposed  Meeting. 

With  all  good  wishes,  we  are, 

Yours  very  truly, 

John  A.  F.  Aspinall 

President 

Edgar  Worthington 

Secretary 

The  President 

The  American  Society  of  Mechanical  Engineers 
29  West  39th  Street,  New  York,  U.  S.  A. 


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JOINT  MEETING  IN  ENGLAND 


Former  gatherings  of  a like  nature  had  taught  not  only  the  value, 
but  also  the  great  pleasure  to  be  derived  from  such  a meeting  of  the 
two  national  mechanical  engineering  organizations,  and  by  the  unani- 
mous vote  of  the  Council  of  the  Society  the  following  reply  was 
despatched : 

• The  American  Society  of  Mechanical  Engineers 
29  West  39th  Street,  New  York,  U.  S.  A. 

Dear  Mr.  President : 

The  Council  of  The  American  Society  of  Mechanical  Engineers  has  con- 
sidered the  very  cordial  invitation  of  The  Institution  of  Mechanical  Engineers, 
to  hold  a j oint  meeting  in  England  in  the  Summer  of  1910,  conveyed  by  your  let- 
ter of  September  17. 

The  Council  was  unanimous  in  the  acceptance  of  the  invitation  and  bids  me 
convey  to  you  its  action  as  follows : 

“ Resolved, — That  The  American  Society  of  Mechanical  Engineers  accept 
the  very  cordial  invitation  of  The  Institution  of  Mechanical  Engineers,  to  hold 
a joint  meeting  in  England  in  the  Summer  of  1910.  The  Council  feels  that  the 
interests  of  Engineering  throughout  the  World  will  assuredly  be  advanced  by 
the  giving  and  the  acceptance  of  this  invitation; — an  evidence  of  an  increasing 
cooperation  among  the  various  societies  representing  the  Profession  of  Engi- 
neering.” 

In  conveying  this  resolution  of  the  Council  permit  us  to  inform  you  of  the 
universal  cordiality  with  which  the  invitation  has  been  received  both  by  the 
Council  and  by  the  Members  of  the  Society.  It  is  the  expectation  that  a repre- 
sentative delegation  of  the  Society  will  be  present  at  the  meeting. 

Please  accept  our  expressions  of  sincere  good  will. 

Jesse  M.  Smith 

President 
Calvin  W.  Rice 

Secretary 

To  The  President 

The  Institution  of  Mechanical  Engineers 
London,  England 

The  preliminary  work  of  announcing  this  action  to  the  membership 
was  assigned  to  the  Executive  Committee  of  the  Council  as  well  as 
the  tentative  arrangements  for  transportation,  whereby  an  option, 
expiring  March  1,  was  secured  upon  the  entire  first  cabin  of  the  White 
Star  Steamship  Celtic,  sailing  July  16  for  Liverpool. 

The  Committee  of  Arrangements  immediately  upon  its  appoint- 
ment by  the  Council  in  the  Spring  of  1910  took  up  the  task  of  per- 
fecting these  and  other  details , producing,  under  the  able  Chairman- 
ship of  Ambrose  Swasey,  Past-President  Am.Soc.M.E.,  a result  which 
made  this  meeting  an  event  in  the  history  of  the  Society. 


JOINT  MEETING  IN  ENGLAND 


1715 


NEW  YORK  TO  BIRMINGHAM 

The  Celtic  with  the  official  party  of  144  members  and  guests  steamed 
from  the  White  Star  dock  in  the  North  River  at  two  o’clock  in  the 
afternoon  of  July  16,  under  a cloudless  sky,  good  augury  of  the  voy- 
age ahead.  The  Committee  on  Acquaintanceship  which,  with  the 
characteristically  energetic  generalship  of  Dr.  W.  F.  M.  Goss,  met 
immediately  after  dinner  the  same  evening  and  remained  continu- 
ously on  duty  until  the  end  of  the  voyage,  soon  made  the  individual 
members  of  the  party  known  to  one  another.  Invitations,  on  which 
was  embossed  and  colored  the  emblem  of  the  Society,  were  also 
issued  to  the  other  members  of  the  first  cabin,  cordially  urging 
their  participation  in  the  events  arranged  for  the  week  on  shipboard, 
a thoughtful  act  suggested  by  Professor  Hutton  and  Mr.  Brill 
which  was  greatly  appreciated.  The  entire  group  was  thus  at 
once  brought  into  a friendly  relationship  not  usually  secured  until 
the  end  of  the  journey. 

The  first  day  out,  which  was  Sunday,  was  spent  quietly  in  resting 
and  visiting,  religious  services  being  conducted  by  the  Right  Reverend 
William  D.  Walker,  Bishop  of  Western  New  York.  On  Monday,  pre- 
liminary games  were  begun  on  deck.  In  the  evening  the  officers 
and  past-presidents  of  the  Society,  together  with  the  officers  of  the 
Celtic,  received  the  first  cabin  passengers  on  the  upper  promenade 
deck,  thus  bringing  the  party  and  the  other  voyagers  into  closer 
acquaintance.  This  is  believed  to  be  the  first  occasion  in  the  history 
of  the  Celtic,  if  not  of  the  steamship  line,  in  which  the  officers  of  the 
ship  participated  in  receiving  the  passengers.  A dance  followed  the 
reception. 

The  lecture  given  on  Tuesday  evening  by  Worcester  R.  Warner, 
Past-President,  on  What  are  the  Astronomers  Doing,  was  not  only 
entertaining  but  instructive,  and  was  finely  illustrated  by  lantern 
views,  many  of  which  were  new  and  shown  for  the  first  time  to  any 
audience. 

The  musicale  arranged  for  Wednesday  evening  proved  one  of  the 
most  enjoyable  features  of  the  trip,  displaying  to  advantage  the  ver- 
satility of  the  Society’s  membership.  The  success  of  those  in  charge 
in  enlisting  the  participation  of  the  other  passengers  was  exemplified 
in  the  acceptance  of  the  chairmanship  of  the  evening  by  Mr.  Everett 
P.  Wheeler,  well-known  in  legal  and  political  circles  in  New  York 
City.  The  program  follows: 


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Selection  Guglielmo  Tell  Rossini 

Orchestra 

Vocal  Solos  a The  Flower  Song  from  Faust.  . . .Gounod 

b Ask  Me  no  More Tosti 

Miss  Grace  Burlingame 

Cello  Solos  a Romance Davidoff 

b Largo Handel 

Dr.  Leonard  Waldo 

Monologue  The  Village  Dressmaker Wiggin 

Mrs.  Jesse  M.  Smith 

Vocal  Solos  a The  Skipper  of  St.  Ives Roeckel 

b Three  for  Jack  Squire 

D.  J.  Edmonds 

Piano  Solo  Song  Without  Words Mendelsohn 

Miss  Alice  M.  Main 

Reading  The  Limerick  Tigers Edwards 

Prof.  F.  R.  Hutton 

Selection  Three  Dances  Henry  VIII German 

Orchestra 


The  appreciation  felt  by  the  first  cabin  passengers  of  the  enter- 
tainments arranged  by  the  Society  was  expressed  by  Mr.  Wheeler  at 
the  conclusion  of  the  musicale. 

On  Thursday  evening,  John  R.  Freeman,  Past-President,  gave  an 
interesting  illustrated  address  on  the  Construction  of  the  Panama 
Canal,  of  which  it  is  well  known  Mr.  Freeman  speaks  with  authority 
through  his  official  connection  with  the  Board  of  Engineers  appointed 
by  President  Taft  to  visit  the  canal  in  1909.  Slides  of  a different 
character  were  afterward  thrown  on  the  screen,  showing  among  other 
views  a portrait  of  Captain  Hambelton,  and  a reproduction  of  the 
menu  card  of  the  dinner  given  by  Ambrose  Swasey,  then  President 
of  the  Society,  at  the  time  of  the  last  visit  of  the  Institution  to 
America  in  the  year  1904.  As  the  words  of  God  Save  the  King  were 
shown,  the  audience  joined  in  singing  the  British  national  song. 
Friday  evening  was  devoted  to  dancing. 

A bridge- whist  contest  was  held  Thursday  afternoon,  and  on  Fri- 
day the  sports  took  place,  miscellaneous  games  being  also  in  progress, 
during  the  entire  week.  Saturday  evening  had  been  set  apart  for 
the  awarding  of  prizes  to  the  winners  of  these  various  tests  of  skill 
and  for  a gathering  of  a more  informal  nature  than  those  of  pre- 
ceding evenings.  Prof.  F.  R.  Hutton  presided  over  the  occasion, 
and  after  an  orchestra  had  rendered  a selection,  Geo.  M.  Brill,  Chair- 
man of  the  Entertainment  Committee,  announced  the  following 


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awards:  1st  prize  in  bridge-whist,  to  J.  D.  C.  Darrell,  a pair  of  flat 
brushes  in  a leather  case;  2nd  prize,  to  John  Calder,  a pigskin  travel- 
ing case  for  collar  buttons,  etc. ; 3rd  prize,  to  Mrs.  W.  K.  Carr,  a hat 
pin;  4th  prize,  to  Mrs.  M.  B.  Orde,  a bridge  set;  1st  prize  in  shuffle- 
board  contest,  to  Karl  Dodge,  “Satchel  Guide  to  Europe”;  2nd  prize, 
to  Theodore  Main,  “My  Trip  Abroad”;  to  the  winner  of  the  pillow 
fight,  H.  M.  Klingenfeld,  a knife  on  a small  pillow;  to  the  winner  of 
the  men’s  potato  race,  A.  Wise,  a coin  purse;  of  the  ladies’  potato 
race,  Miss  H.  E.  Armstrong,  a silver  coin  holder,  and  Miss  Gertrude 
Baker,  a silver  pencil;  and  to  the  winner  of  the  obstacle  race,  Karl 
Dodge,  a coin  purse.  A so-called  endurance  prize,  a fan,  was  also 
given  to  Mrs.  Jesse  M.  Smith,  the  last  lady  to  stay  in  the  game  of 
shuffleboard.  A consolation  prize,  consisting  of  a doll,  was  contributed 
by  friends  to  Frank  B.  Gilbreth,  who  lost  in  the  final  round  of  shuffle- 
board,  and  also  as  a mark  of  appreciation  of  his  efficient  service  as 
Chief  of  Police  in  maintaining  order  during  the  games.  Prof.  F.  R. 
Hutton  received  a loving  cup,  of  the  telescopic  variety.  As  each 
winner  came  forward  to  receive  his  or  her  prize,  a speech  was  de- 
manded, thus  eliciting  a number  of  impromptu  remarks  which  greatly 
added  to  the  merriment  of  the  evening.  Most  of  these  prizes,  chosen 
with  characteristic  good  taste,  had  been  appropriately  engraved  or 
stamped  with  the  name  of  the  Society  and  the  occasion,  through  the 
thoughtfulness  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Brill. 

James  M.  Dodge,  Past-President,  followed  with  a humorous 
lecture,  entitled  An  Exhaustive  Review  of  the  Formation  of  the  Earth 
and  its  Oceans,  with  Some  Conclusive  Educational  Remarks  on  the 
Solar  System  and  Prognostications  on  the  Ultimate  End  of  the  Uni- 
verse, in  which  he  assumed  to  controvert  the  theories  of  all  other 
scientists.  A jury  consisting  of  Ambrose  Swasey,  John  R.  Freeman, 
William  H.  Wiley,  Oberlin  Smith,  Jesse  M.  Smith,  George  M.  Brill, 
Calvin  W.  Rice,  H.  L.  Gantt,  Prof.  W.  F.  M.  Goss,  Prof.  Arthur  M. 
Greene,  Jr.,  James  Hartness  and  F.  H.  Stillman,  had  been  chosen 
to  sit  in  judgment  on  his  arguments  and,  clad  in  the  robes  of  office, 
filed  in  with  due  solemnity  as  Mr.  Dodge  began  his  address.  Mrs.  E.  B. 
Danforth,  eighty  years  of  age,  then  rendered  a piano  solo,  and  A.  T. 
Baldwin  read  the  following  “Engineer’s  Reverie,”  written  by  Granger 
Whitney,  Superintendent  of  the  Detroit  Iron  and  Steel  Company, 
a member  of  the  Detroit  Engineering  Society: 


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WHAT’S  THE  USE 

By  Granger  Whitney,  Detroit,  Mich. 

What’s  the  use  of  running  levels  on  a hillside  that  is  steep? 

What’s  the  use  of  building  railroads  through  the  valleys  that  are  deep? 
With  your  cantilever  bridges,  with  record  breaking  spans, 

Your  aids  to  navigation,  your  ship  locks  and  your  dams. 

Oh,  the  hydrostatic  pressure  at  the  Sault,  it  gives  me  chills, 

And  the  dusty,  smoking  tunnel  running  through  the  Hoosac  hills 
Makes  me  weary  with  existence;  the  canal  at  Panama 
Seems  a labor  of  utility  thats  hardly  up  to  par. 

Oh — What’s  the  use? 

What’s  the  use  of  doubling  up  your  work  on  multiple  machines 
Till  the  weary  brain  is  pinioned  to  a rack  of  grasping  schemes? 

Your  indicator  card  will  show  expansion  of  the  head, 

Exhaustion  of  the  intellect,  the  cut-off  finds  you  dead. 

With  monoplane  and  gasolene  you  navigate  the  air, 

Your  differential  valve  gear  drives  a man  to  deep  despair, 

With  many  new  inventions  you  strive  till  you  obtain 
The  ecstatic  culmination  of  an  epicylic  train. 

Oh — What’s  the  use? 

What’s  the  use  of  sinking  shafts  six  thousand  feet  at  Calumet? 

What’s  the  use  of  stoping  out  the  Colorado  sulphurets? 

Now  it’s  conical  drum  engines  and  ventilating  fans, 

Then  the  cyaniding  process  and  amalgamating  pans, 

Steam  shovels  do  your  digging  in  a most  efficient  way, 

Six  hundred  tons  of  Bessemer  you’re  smelting  in  a day. 

It’s  economy  and  saving  with  gas  seal  and  double  bell, 

Eighty-five  percent  Mesabe  and  your  tops  blown  all  to  hell. 

Oh — What’s  the  use? 

What’s  the  use  of  putting  bilge  keels  on  an  ocean  going  ship, 

Let  her  roll  and  let  the  lubbers  seek  their  bunks  or  miss  the  trip. 
There’s  forced  draft  on  your  boilers,  you  have  sixty  feet  of  beam, 

You  move  with  two  propellers  and  a trinity  of  steam. 

With  twelve-foot  center  hatches  and  twelve  thousand  tons  below 
How  your  rivets  groan  and  tremble  when  the  wind  comes  on  to  blow. 
Three  days  from  Escanaba  to  Conneaut,  your  goal, 

And  there  you  fuss  and  fidget  till  you’re  sailing  north  with  coal. 

Oh — What’s  the  use? 

If  you’re  going  to  be  a pessimist  there  isn’t  any  use 
Of  building  ships  or  mining  ore  or  generating  juice. 

If  your  ultimate  ambition  is  to  roll  a ton  of  rails, 

To  build  an  automobile  or  to  make  a keg  of  nails 

You  will  find  that  life’s  a burden,  you  will  find  existence  stale, 


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If  you  live  by  rule  and  precedent  you  pretty  sure  will  fail, 

And  if  you  only  work  and  sleep  and  take  three  meals  a day 
Why  there  isn’t  any  answer  and  it  really  doesn’t  pay. 

So — What’s  the  use? 

It’s  the  friends  you’ve  got  in  Denver,  it’s  your  life  out  on  the  hills, 

It’s  the  men  you  met  at  Panama,  your  record  with  the  drills, 

It’s  the  girls  you’ve  met  on  ship  board  at  Harrisburg,  the  friends  you  left 
at  home, 

It’s  that  plutocratic  feeling  when  you’re  hiking  down  from  Nome. 

It’s  the  people  up  in  Scranton,  it’s  the  folks  you  met  in  Lynn, 

It’s  your  cronies  out  in  Pueblo,  it’s  the  places  you  have  been, 

It’s  the  life  you  led  at  Phoenix  when  you  crossed  the  great  divide, 

It’s  the  work  you  did  at  Jarrow,  it’s  your  record  on  the  Clyde. 

It’s  the  golf  you  played  at  Birmingham,  your  San  Francisco  spree, 

It’s  when  you  saw  the  springtime  clothe  the  hills  of  Tennessee, 

It’s  the  drinks  you  drank  in  Pittsburg  in  your  youthful  days  of  joy, 

It’s  that  forty  mile  excursion  from  Schenectady  to  Troy, 

It’s  the  days  you  spent  in  Helena,  your  luck  at  Cripple  Creek, 

It’s  the  gang  at  South  Chicago  that  never  went  to  sleep, 

It’s  the  fellows  at  Altoona,  it’s  the  men  that  sing  and  laugh, 

It’s  the  men  you’ve  known  and  lived  with  from  Newport  News  to  Bath. 

It’s  when  the  day  is  over  and  your  work  is  all  well  dene, 

It’s  when  the  campaign’s  ended,  it’s  when  the  battle’s  won, 

Then  friendship  keen,  and  memory  of  many  happy  days 
Bring  the  glorious  satisfaction  that  a life  of  action  pays. 

That’s  the  use — That’s  the  use — 

And  we’ll  drink  a toast  to  energy  and  raise  a merry  song, 

We’ll  lead  a life  that’s  strenuous,  we’ll  work  a day  that’s  long. 

And  when  that  day  is  ended  and  our  work  is  damned  well  done 
We’ll  meet  around  the  festal  board,  we’ll  have  a little  fun. 

That’s  the  use. 

Ambrose  Swasey,  Chairman  of  the  Committee  of  Arrangements, 
expressed  briefly  the  Society’s  appreciation  of  the  courtesy  and 
friendliness  of  the  ship’s  officers,  which  had  added  so  much  to  the 
week’s  voyage,  and  as  a memento  of  the  trip  presented  to  Captain 
Hambelton  a silver  case,  beautifully  chased  and  engraved  with  the 

words,  PRESENTED  TO  CAPTAIN  A.  E.  S.  HAMBELTON,  COMMANDING 
S.  S.  CELTIC,  BY  MEMBERS  OF  THE  AMERICAN  SOCIETY  OF  MECHANICAL 

engineers,  July  23,  1910;  and  to  Chief  Engineer  Lapsley  an  electric 
desk  lamp,  with  Tiffany  favrile  glass  shade,  similarly  engraved.  These 
tokens  came  as  a great  surprise  to  their  recipients,  who  expressed  their 
thanks  in  a few  graceful  remarks. 


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Professor  Hutton  brought  the  program  to  a close  with  the  following 
poem  written  by  him  for  the  occasion: 

AN -ODE;  WITH  KATH-ODE 

By  F.  R.  Hutton,  New  York 

Honorary  Secretary  of  the  Society 

THE  AN ODE 

There  once  was  a “Gang”  transatlantic 
Up  to  all  sorts  of  lark  and  of  antic; 

The  Celtic’s  so  steady 
That  each  one  is  ready 
For  play,  spite  of  sea  rough  and  frantic. 

They  have  heard  about  comet  and  star, 

In  dancing,  they’ve  scampered  afar, 

At  the  “Tigers”  they’ve  smiled, 

Been  by  “Bell-buoy”  beguiled, 

And  learned,  too,  about  Panama. 

We  have  Swasey  to  act  as  our  Boss, 

We  have  chuckled  with  Hartness  and  Goss, 

And  with  Miller,  (T.  Spencer), 

As  stunt-scheme  dispenser 
The  trip’s  end  seems  much  like  a loss. 

One  lad  used  a big  megaphone; 

Perched  aloft,  with  a loud  brassy  tone, 

He  told  us  who  scored 
When  they  played  shuffle-board 
With  a glee  which  is  just  Dodge’s  own. 

One  uses  a lot  of  his  breath 
We  all  like  to  hear  what  he  saith: 

His  nonsense  is  fine 
I wish  like  it  for  mine 
But  can  he  be  “wasting,”  Gilbreth? 

Nor  must  we  forget  our  police 
So  great  in  preserving  the  peace; 

Were  “face-making”  a crime, 

Then  “gum-chewing’s”  sublime, 

And  grave  misdemeanours  must  cease. 


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THE  KATH ODE 

We  seem  to  be  nearing  the  shore 

When  our  larks  for  a while  will  be  o’er 
But  we’ll  never  forget; 

And  the  friends  we  have  met 

Will  be  mem’ries  of  joy  ever  more. 

So  here  on  our  last  festal  night 

And  with  Ireland  almost  in  sight, 

We  sing  “Hail  to  the  Chief”! 

(To  Lapsley,  in  brief) 

Who  has  handled  our  engines’  great  might. 

But  to  Hambelton — bless  heart  and  head — 

Our  last  friendly  word  shall  be  said: 

“Good  luck”  and  “Good-bye,” 

We  unite  in  the  cry: 

From  the  sea  he  has  lifted  all  dread. 

After  singing  My  Country  ’tis  of  Thee,  appropriately  followed  by 
God  Save  the  King,  the  company  dispersed  amid  many  expressions 
of  appreciation.  During  the  evening  a collection  was  taken  for  the 
Seamen’s  Charities  of  Liverpool  and  London. 

The  program  of  Saturday  evening,  which  was  characterized  through- 
out by  a spirit  of  goodfellowship,  brought  to  a close  the  unique  and 
delightful  series  of  events  provided  by  the  Committee  on  Entertain- 
ment, to  whom  as  well  as  to  the  general  committee  so  much  of  the 
pleasure  of  the  trip  was  due.  Indeed  too  much  praise  for  the  perfec- 
tion of  the  entire  series  of  entertainments  cannot  be  accorded  the 
Chairman  and  his  committee,  who  not  only  followed  out  various  sug- 
gestions made  by  the  membership,  but  so  elaborated  them  as  to  make 
the  best  possible  provision  for  the  pleasure  of  the  voyagers.  The 
friendships  formed  on  such  a journey,  which  must  remain  a source  of 
satisfaction  long  after  the  details  of  the  trip  are  forgotten,  and  which 
contribute  so  much  to  the  welding  together  of  the  Society’s  member- 
ship, were,  it  is  needless  to  say,  a feature  the  importance  of  which 
cannot  be  measured.  The  greatest  regret  was  expressed  on  every 
side  at  the  unavoidable  absence  of  President  and  Mrs.  George 
Westinghouse.  The  entire  trip  was  remarkable  for  fine  weather  and 
smoothness  and  was  made  comfortable  and  pleasurable  to  all  by  the 
excellent  service. 

At  six  o’clock  Sunday  evening,  July  24,  the  Celtic  entered  the  River 
Mersey,  where  she  was  met  by  the  White  Star  tender  Magnetic, 


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bringing  a deputation  from  the  Lord  Mayor  of  Liverpool  and  from  the 
Institution  of  Mechanical  Engineers.  The  party  consisted  of  Deputy 
Lord  Mayor,  Henry  Lea,  Esq.,  a member  of  the  Council  of  the  Insti- 
tution and  formerly  Lord  Mayor  of  Liverpool;  J.  A.  F.  Aspinall, 
President  of  the  Institution;  Prof.  W.  H.  Watkinson  of  Liverpool 
University,  a member  of  the  Institution;  Edgar  Worthington,  Secre- 
tary of  the  Institution;  and  several  others,  all  of  whom  brought  to 
the  American  Society  the  official  greetings  of  the  city  of  Liverpool 
and  of  the  British  organization.  In  the  absence  of  President  West- 
inghouse,  Vice-President  Goss  and  other  officers  of  the  Society 
received  the  guests  in  the  saloon  of  the  Celtic.  The  Deputy  Lord 
Mayor  in  a cordial  speech  regretted  the  unavoidable  absence  of 
the  Lord  Mayor  of  Liverpool,  on  whose  behalf  he  bade  them  wel- 
come as  brethren  both  in  blood  relationship  and  in  professional  inter- 
ests. America,  he  had  found  in  his  own  visits  to  that  country,  a 
delightful  place  inhabited  by  delightful  people,  and  he  hoped  that 
England  might  prove  both  enjoyable  and  profitable  to  the  visitors. 

Mr.  Aspinall  then  tendered  the  welcome  of  the  English  Institution, 
which  had  so  long  been  anticipating  the  visit  of  its  American  brothers. 
Great  Britain,  he  said,  was  a somewhat  acquisitive  nation  and  it 
was  hoped  that  the  visitors  would  leave  behind  them  a great  volume 
of  good  mechanical  ideas,  and  that  they  would  find  the  visits  to  British 
works  of  as  great  interest  and  value  as  he  had  found  those  which  he 
had  made  in  America.  In  the  United  States,  he  understood,  university 
work  for  engineers  was  ahead  of  that  in  Great  Britain,  and  the  gradu- 
ates from  these  colleges  were  so  numerous  and  energetic  that  they  were 
spreading  themselves  over  the  British  colonies. 

Professor  Watkinson  followed  with  a few  remarks  regarding  Ameri- 
can colleges,  describing  his  recent  visit  and  the  kindly  treatment  he 
had  received,  and  expressing  himself  as  deeply  impressed  by  the  mag- 
nificent equipment  and  the  enormous  research  work  being  done.  He 
concluded  with  a cordial  welcome  from  the  engineering  department 
of  Liverpool  University. 

Edgar  Worthington,  a friend  of  long  standing  of  the  American 
Society,  was  also  called  upon  for  a few  remarks.  Mr.  Fothergill, 
representing  the  management  of  the  White  Star  Line,  made  a short 
speech  placing  the  facilities  of  his  company  at  the  disposal  of  the 
travelers  upon  arrival. 

§|  These  hearty  greetings  were  acknowledged  by  Vice-President  Goss, 
who  expressed  the  gratification  of  himself  and  of  his  American  friends, 
and  their  keen  appreciation  of  the  coming  events. 


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After  the  welcoming  delegation  had  departed,  the  Celtic  was  towed 
to  her  dock  to  remain  over  night,  the  party  landing  in  Liverpool 
the  next  morning  and,  after  the  necessary  formalities  of  the  customs, 
proceeding  at  once  to  the  Lime  Street  Station  where  special  dining 
coaches  waited  to  convey  them  to  Birmingham.  President  Aspinall 
of  the  English  society,  together  with  Mrs.  Aspinall  and  their  daughters, 
and  also  Fred.  W.  Taylor,  Past-President  of  the  Society,  and  Mrs. 
Taylor  who  had  reached  England  some  days  earlier,  were  onboard 
the  train  to  greet  the  party. 

At  Birmingham,  Messrs.  Howard  Heaton  and  Fred.  M.  Lea, 
Honorary  Secretaries  of  the  Local  Committee,  received  the  party 
upon  their  arrival  and  escorted  them  to  motor  omnibuses  which  con- 
veyed them  to  their  respective  hotels.  So  thoroughly  had  the 
Committee  on  Transportation,  Charles  Whiting  Baker  and  the 
Secretary,  done  its  work  that  not  only  had  hotel  accommodations  for 
each  individual  been  arranged  in  Birmingham  and  London,  but  no 
one  from  the  time  of  the  departure  of  the  Celtic  to  the  close  of  the 
meeting  in  London,  was  obliged  to  concern  himself  in  the  least  regard- 
ing the  disposal  of  baggage. 

On  Monday  evening  President  Aspinall  tendered  a dinner  at  the 
Queen’s  Hotel  to  the  Past-Presidents  and  Council  of  the  American 
Society,  to  which  were  also  invited  the  Council  and  Past-Presidents 
of  the  Institution.  The  Lord  Mayor  of  Birmingham,  Alderman  W.  H. 
Bowater,  was  the  guest  of  honor.  There  were  also  present,  Dean  W.  F. 
M.  Goss,  Sir  William  H.  White,  Sir  Oliver  J.  Lodge,  Charles  Whiting 
Baker,  Arthur  Keen,  Ambrose  Swasey,  Sir  Gerard  A.  Muntz,  Bart., 
James  Mapes  Dodge,  William  H.  Maw,  Jesse  M.  Smith,  Sir  George  Ken- 
rick,  Oberlin  Smith,  Edward  P.  Martin,  Prof.  F.  R.  Hutton,  J.  Hart- 
ley Wicksteed,  Prof.  R.  C.  Carpenter,  Josephs.  Taylor,  Walter  Pitt, 
J.  C.  Vaudrey,  Henry  Lea,  Henry  L.  Gantt,  H.  A.  Ivatt,  Robert 
Matthews,  H.  Graham  Harris,  Worcester  R.  Warner,  H.  F.  Donald- 
son, William  H.  Allen,  Howard  Heaton,  Alderman  Sir  Hallewell 
Rogers,  John  R.  Freeman,  Prof.  W.  Cawthorne  Unwin,  Arthur 
T.  Keen,  Edgar  Worthington,  James  Hartness,  Hon.  William  H. 
Wiley,  Loughnan  Pendred,  Mark  H.  Robinson,  Fred.  M.  Lee,  E.  B. 
Ellington,  Frederick  W.  Taylor,  F.  Dudley  Docker,  George  M.  Brill, 
Michael  Longridge,  George  Tangye,  Edward  Hopinkson,  George 
Robert  Jebb,  Capt.  H.  Rial]  Sankey  Reginald  K.  Morcom,  Godfrey 
Nettlefold,  Dr.  H.  S.  Hele-Shaw,  Eric  M.  Carter,  and  the  Secretary. 
Toasts  were  given  to  the  King,  the  President  of  the  United  States,  and 
to  the  Guests.  Respecting  the  latter,  Mr.  Aspinall  spoke  of  his  gratifi- 


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cation  at  the  welcome  which  the  city  of  Birmingham  had  accorded  to 
the  American  visitors  and  of  the  great  regret  felt  by  all  at  the  absence 
of  Mr.  Westinghouse,  to  whose  coming  all  had  looked  forward,  some  in 
appreciation  of  him  as  a friend  and  a splendid  host,  and  all  in  admira- 
tion of  him  as  an  engineer  known  from  one  end  of  the  world  to  another. 
It  was  most  appropriate  that  the  societies  should  gather  in  Birmingham 
where  the  Institution  of  Mechanical  Engineers  was  founded  in  1847, 
under  the  leadership  of  its  first  president,  George  Stephenson,  in 
a hotel  of  the  same  name,  if  not  the  very  building  in  which  this  dinner 
was  now  held.  Referring  to  the  Joint  Meeting  now  in  progress,  it  had 
for  an  object,  he  said,  not  only  the  study  of  the  work  of  our  brother 
engineers,  but  the  widening  of  acquaintance  with  one  another. 

Dr.  Goss,  as  acting  President,  responded  to  this  toast  on  behalf  of 
the  Society,  and  brief  remarks  were  also  made  by  Ambrose  Swasey 
and  other  members. 


TUESDAY,  JULY  26 

The  Joint  Meeting  was  formally  opened  on  Tuesday,  July  26,  at 
10  o’clock,  in  the  Lecture  Hall  of  the  Birmingham  and  Midland 
Institute.  The  officers  of  the  two  societies  who  had  assembled  in 
the  Institute  Board  Room  previous  to  the  meeting,  entered  the 
hall  in  a body  at  the  beginning  of  the  session,  and  took  their 
assigned  seats  on  the  platform.  The  American  Society  was  repre- 
sented by  Dr.  W.  F.  M.  Goss,  James  M.  Dodge,  John  R.  Freeman,  F. 
R.  Hutton,  Jesse  M.  Smith,  Oberlin  Smith,  Ambrose  Swasey,  F.  W. 
Taylor,  Worcester  R.  Warner,  Charles  Whiting  Baker,  E.  D.  Meier, 
Henry  L.  Gantt,  James  Hartness,  Wm.  H.  Wiley,  Willis  E.  Hall, 
and  the  Secretary.  The  Lord  Mayor  of  Birmingham,  Alderman 
W.  H.  Bowater,  heartily  welcomed  the  members  to  the  city  on 
behalf  of  the  Reception  Committee,  whose  chairman,  Mr.  Neville 
Chamberlain,  was  prevented  by  a slight  accident  from  being  present, 
and  expressed  the  hope  that  the  American  visitors  would  feel  when 
the  time  came  for  their  departure  that  they  had  been  treated  not  as 
strangers  but  as  members  of  the  same  brotherhood.  It  was  very 
fitting  that  Birmingham,  the  birthplace  of  the  English  Institution, 
considered  the  very  center  of  mechanical  engineering,  should  have  been 
selected  for  so  important  a gathering  as  the  present  meeting.  Some 
people  did  not  think  it  a very  beautiful  city,  but  its  own  inhabitants 
were  delighted  with  the  darkness  of  the  atmosphere  and  the  ever- 
present smoke  because  the  more  plentiful  the  smoke  the  greater  the 
volume  of  business  in  the  workshop. 


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The  Lord  Mayor  was  followed  by  Mr.  George  Tangye,  Vice-Chair- 
man of  the  Reception  Committee,  who  as  custodian  of  the  Boulton 
and  Watt  relics,  offered  to  the  Society  a framed  letter  written  by 
James  Watt  in  1777,  as  a memento  of  their  visit  to  Birmingham. 
President  Aspinall  of  the  Institution  in  expressing  his  own  apprecia- 
tion of  this  gift  by  Mr.  Tangye  to  the  American  Society  referred  to  the 
close  connection  between  the  two  nations  as  illustrated  by  the  fact 
that  Boulton  and  Watt  sold  to  Robert  Fulton  his  first  engine.  Bir- 
mingham had  thus  played  its  part  in  engineering  work  on  both  sides  of 
the  Atlantic.  Another  of  its  citizens,  James  Wyatt,  invented  the 
first  cotton-spinning  machine  in  1741  and  the  first  hanks  of  cotton 
produced  by  it  might  be  viewed  at  any  time  in  the  city  museum. 
Engineers  recognized,  he  said,  how  much  they  owed  to  Birmingham 
and  how  much  the  city  had  done  and  was  doing,  not  only  in  scientific 
advancement  by  means  of  their  great  university,  but  by  the  hard- 
headed  constructive  knowledge  and  ability  of  the  people  who  fought 
to  keep  in  British  hands  by  the  peaceful  weapon*  of  commercial  con- 
quest a fair  share  of  the  world’s  trade. 

Dr.  W.  F.  M.  Goss  expressed  the  hearty  thanks  or  the  American 
Society  for  the  welcome  accorded  them  and  to  Mr.  George  Tangye 
for  his  generous  gift.  This  was  the  third  official  visit  of  the  Society  to 
England  and  previous  experience  had  taught  the  members  how  great 
a privilege  it  was  to  be  the  guests  of  the  Institution.  Entering  Eng- 
land with  a recognition  of  how  many  practices  of  the  profession  had 
their  beginning  here,  they  were  already  in  full  enjoyment  of  everything 
found  in  the  country,  from  the  green  of  the  trees  and  meadows  to  the 
permanency  and  beauty  which  characterized  so  many  of  the  engineer- 
ing structures.  Under  present-day  conditions  the  engineer  had  become 
the  world’s  great  civilizer  and  in  the  transforming  process  in  which 
men  had  been  given  new  occupations  and  the  world  of  their  fathers  re- 
placed by  a new  world,  the  engineers  of  England  and  America  had 
had  a large  part.  National  boundaries  no  longer  affected  them  for, 
thanks  to  the  English  shipbuilders,  the  ocean  between  them  had 
become  an  easy  means  of  communication.  The  spirit  of  the  two  organ- 
izations, if  not  the  organizations  themselves,  might  be  federated,  and 
to  such  a result  this  Joint  Meeting  was  sure  to  prove  a contributing 
factor.  Mr.  Tangye’s  generous  gift  had  quite  taken  them  by  surprise 
and  they  would  not  forget  the  giver  in  their  enjoyment  of  the  new 
possession. 

The  inscription  on  the  frame  of  the  memorial  was  then  read : 


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PRESENTED  TO  THE  AMERICAN  SOCIETY  OF  MECHANICAL  ENGINEERS 
BY  GEORGE  TANGYE  AT  THE  JOINT  SUMMER  MEETING  AT  BIRMINGHAM 

in  July,  1910.  Dr.  Goss  added  that  the  letter  was  both  written  and 
signed  by  James  Watt,  and  was  very  legible  and  well  preserved  in 
every  respect.  A photograph  of  the  letter,  showing  the  two  sides, 
is  given  herewith. 

Mr.  Aspinall  then  took  the  chair  and  at  his  request  a telegram  of 
regret  was  sent  to  Mr.  Westinghouse. 

After  the  transaction  of  some  routine  business  the  following  papers 
were  read  and  jointly  discussed,  the  chair  being  alternately  occupied 
by  Mr.  Aspinall  and  Dr.  Goss  on  this  and  succeeding  days : English 
Running-Shed  Practice,  by  Cecil  W.  Paget,  Member  I.  Mech.E., 
General  Superintendent,  Midland  Railway,  Derby ; Handling  Locomo- 
tives at  Terminals,  Frederic  M.  Whyte,  Vice-President  Am.Soc.M.E., 
General  Mechanical  Engineer,  New  York  Central  Lines,  New  York; 
Engine-House  Practice,  F.  H.  Clark,  Mem. Am.Soc.M.E.,  Chicago, 
111.;  American  Locomotive  Terminals,  William  Forsyth,  Mem. Am. 
Soc.M.E.,  Railway  Age  Gazette,  Chicago,  111. ; and  Handling  Engines, 
by  H.  H.  Vaughan,  Member  I.  Mech.E.  and  Am.Soc.M.E.,  Canadian 
Pacific  Railway,  Montreal,  Can.  The  discussers  were  George  Hughes, 
James  M.  Dodge,  Henry  Fowler,  Henry  L.  Gantt,  Arthur  D.  Jones, 
J.  E.  Sague,  F.  H.  Clark,  Cecil  W.  Paget,  William  Forsyth,  F.  M. 
Whyte  and  H.  H.  Vaughan. 

Tuesday  Afternoon  and  Evening 

After  luncheon,  which  through  the  courtesy  of  the  Lord  Mayor, 
was  served  in  the  Town  Hall,  the  visitors  scattered  to  enjoy  the  vari- 
ous trips  to  places  of  professional  and  historical  interest  in  and  about 
Birmingham,  arranged  by  the  local  Reception  Committee  for  both 
Tuesday  and  Wednesday  afternoons.  One  of  these  was  a trip  to 
Dudley  Port,  Tipton,  where  inspection  was  made  of  the  works  of  the 
South  Staffordshire  Mond  Gas  Company,  under  the  guidance  of  the 
Managing  Director,  Edmund  Howe,  Esq.,  Member  I. Mech.E. 
This  company  distributes  gas  for  po  wer  and  heating  purposes  over 
an  area  of  about  123  sq.  mi.,  in  what  may  be  termed  the  industrial 
heart  of  England.  The  plant  comprises  eight  producers,  each  capable 
of  gasifying  20  tons  of  fuel  per  day  and  generating  sufficient  gas  to 
drive  gas-engines  of  2000  h.p.  continuously.  Here  also  the  testing 
station  of  the  Pump  and  Power  Company  was  visited,  which  contains 
four  Humphrey  pumps  of  various  types,  the  largest  of  which  is  4- 


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cycle,  delivering  250,000  gal.  per  hr.  to  a height  of  35  ft.  H.  A. 
Humphrey,  Esq.,  Managing  Director,  Member  I.  Mech.E.,  conducted 
the  party. 

Another  excursion  was  that  made  to  the  works  of  the  Austin  Motor 
Company  at  Northfield,  under  the  guidance  of  H.  Austin,  Esq., 
Governing  Director,  where  the  range  of  models  manufactured  com- 
prises the  4-cylinder  engine  of  the  25  to  30  h.p.  type;  a smaller  model 
of  18  to  24  h.p.;  a 15-h.p.  4-cylinder  model  in  two  forms,  one  having 
the  engine  in  front  and  with  narrowed  frame  used  for  taxicab  work, 
and  the  other  the  engine  under  the  driver’s  seat,  used  for  landaulet 
or  coupe  carriages,  or  light  delivery  vans  to  carry  loads  up  to  15  cwt. ; 
a 7-h.p.  single-cylinder;  a 50-h.p.  6-cylinder;  and  an  18  to  24-h.p. 
4-cylinder  of  a special  type  fitted  with  detachable  wire  wheels.  The 
works  of  the  company  occupy  over  six  acres,  one  building  being 
devoted  to  the  machine  shops,  and  the  other  departments  being  the 
grinding  section,  hardening  shop,  power  house,  engine  test-house, 
plating  and  polishing  sections,  erecting  shop,  copper  and  tinsmith’s 
shop,  chassis  test-house,  wheel  building  shop,  finishing  shop,  pattern- 
maker’s shop,  carriage  building  shop.  The  restaurant  of  the  com- 
pany, where  the  guests  had  tea,  is  shown  herewith. 

A third  party,  conducted  by  the  Managing  Director,  Percy  Wheeler, 
Esq.,  Member  I. Mech.E.,  visited  the  Metropolitan  Amalgamated 
Railway  Carriage  and  Wagon  Company  at  Saltley,  which  covers  20 
acres  and  comprises  a smith,  smithy  power  house,  steel  under-frame 
shop,  machine  shop,  power  house,  boiler  house,  foundry,  saw  mill, 
gantry,  wagon  building  shop,  car  body  shop  and  paint  shop.  These 
works  are  lighted  by  electricity  generated  on  the  grounds  and  employ 
about  3000  men. 

The  Frankley  Filter  Beds  to  which  a trip  was  also  arranged,  are 
situated  near  Northfield,  and  form  a portion  of  the  Elan  Supply  Works 
designed  to  furnish  eventually  72,000,000  gal.  per  day.  Points  of 
especial  interest  are  the  reservoir,  filter  washing,  pure  water  reser- 
voirs, pumping  station,  and  the  mains  and  meters.  The  resident 
engineer,  F.  N.  Macaulay,  Esq.,  acted  as  escort.  On  all  of  these  trips 
tea  was  served  at  the  works,  usually  in  the  employees’  mess  room, 
commonly  found  in  English  workshops. 

An  excursion  to  Stratford-upon-Avon  included  visits  to  Shakes- 
peare’s birthplace,  the  Church,  the  Memorial  Theatre,  Anne  Hatha- 
way’s Cottage,  and  other  points  of  interest.  Tea  was  served  at 
the  Shakespeare  Hotel.  Many  of  our  party  were  interested  in  the 
fact  that  The  Piper,  a play  written  by  one  of  our  own  country- 


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women,  the  wife  of  one  of  our  members,  Josephine  Preston  Peabody 
(Mrs.  L.  S.  Marks),  of  Cambridge,  was  to  be  produced  for  the  first 
time  on  Wednesday  evening  at  the  Memorial  Theatre,  having  been 
awarded  the  £300  prize  in  a world’s  contest.  A number  of  the  mem- 
bers of  the  Society  were  present  at  this  initial  performance  which 
received  much  favorable  criticism. 

A trip  was  also  made  to  the  historic  town  of  Worcester,  “The  Faith- 
ful City,”  where  at  the  Guildhall  the  Mayor,  Hon.  Alfred  Percy 
Allsopp,  and  the  Corporation  of  Worcester,  welcomed  the  party. 
At  the  Cathedral,  on  the  eastern  bank  of  the  Severn,  the  Dean, 
the  Very  Reverend  Dr.  W.  Moore  Ede,  gave  a brief  historical 
address,  tracing  the  growth  of  the  group  of  buildings  from  their  be- 
ginning as  a small  Benedictine  Monastery  in  680  A.D.,  through  the 
building  period  fostered  by  the  Normans  in  the  eleventh  century,  their 
vicissitudes  under  Henry  VIII  and  again  under  Cromwell,  to  their 
final  restoration  in  1874.  This  great  cathedral  of  the  Western  Midlands 
is  simple  in  plan,  and  while  the  restoration  has  of  necessity  removed 
much  of  the  “atmosphere”  of  antiquity  so  dear  to  the  American  visi- 
tor, the  interior  has  a wonderful  perfection  of  design,  and  gives  proof 
of  the  most  reverent  care. 

The  party  also  visited  the  Worcester  Porcelain  Works  which  were 
founded  in  1751  by  Dr.  John  Wall,  a distinguished  physician  and  artist 
who  succeeded  in  producing  one  of  the  most  beautiful  of  the  porce- 
lains and  to  whom  in  1788  King  George  III  granted  a patent  which 
gave  to  Worcester  the  first  royal  porcelain  works  in  England;  as  well 
as  the  quaint  Hospital  of  St.  Wulstan,  commonly  called  the  Com- 
mandery,  which  dates  back  to  the  11th  century.  The  entire  place  is 
rich  in  historical  associations,  intimately  connected  with  the  Civil 
War,  and  is  full  of  carvings,  furniture  and  objects  of  art. 

Some  of  the  party  also  visited  Stoneleigh  Park  where  after  a view  of 
the  ruins  of  the  old  Cistercian  Abbey  built  in  the  16th  century  the 
party  proceeded  to  Kenilworth,  seeing  the  Castle  and  having  tea  at 
the  Abbey  or  Kings  Arms  Hotels. 

All  of  these  trips  were  arranged  by  the  Committee  with  the  greatest 
care  and  forethought  for  the  welfare  and  pleasure  of  the  visitors, 
special  trains  or  motor  buses  as  well  as  guides  being  supplied  in 
every  case,  and  provision  being  made  for  both  luncheon  and  tea.  On 
the  technical  excursions  these  were  furnished  through  the  courtesy  of 
the  companies. 

Birmingham  itself  contains  so  many  places  of  professional  interest 
that  many  of  the  guests  took  advantage  of  the  opportunity  to  inspect 


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some  of  the  engineering  works  located  in  the  city,  among  the  most 
prominent  of  which  are  James  Archdale  and  Co.,  Manchester  Works; 
Aston  Manor  Corporation  Electric  Power  Station;  Birmingham  Cor- 
poration Electric  Supply  Station;  James  Cartland  and  Son;  Elkington 
and  Co.;  General  Electrical  Co.,  Witton  Works;  Joseph  Gillott  and 
Sons,  Metallic  Pen  Manufactory;  National  Telephone  Co.’s  Ex- 
changes; F.  and  C.  Osier;  Taylor  and  Challen,  Derwent  Works; 
H.  W.  Ward  and  Co.;  Webley  and  Scott;  E.  G.  Wrigley  and  Co., 
Foundry  Lane  Works. 

The  older  part  of  the  city  is  crowded  with  these  workshops  and  ware- 
houses, but  the  modern  part  is  well  built  and  full  of  fine  specimens 
of  architecture.  Most  of  its  municipal  undertakings  date  back  to 
1875  when  Mr.  Joseph  Chamberlain,  then  its  Mayor,  inaugurated  the 
new  era. 

A Ladies’  Committee,  consisting  of  the  Lady  Mayoress,  Mrs. 
W.  H.  Bowater,  Chairman,  Mrs.  Horatio  Lane,  Honorary  Secretary, 
and  Mesdames  C.  G.  Beale,  George  Beech,  Eric  M.  Carter,  James 
Chatwin,  George  Vonaty,  A.  E.  Cutler,  David  Davis,  H.  Ashton 
Hill,  E.  C.  Keay,  E.  Antony  Lees,  Sheffield,  J.  D.  Steven,  William 
Tangye,  J.  C.  Vaudrey  and  Miss  Yaudrey,  W.  E.  Warden,  and  Philip 
J.  Worsley,  on  Tuesday  and  Wednesday  mornings  escorted  the  visit- 
ing ladies  to  various  points  of  interest  in  the  locality,  providing 
special  omnibuses  for  the  trip. 

Many  of  the  members  also  accepted  Mr.  George  Tangye’s  kind 
invitation  to  visit  the  Watt  room  in  Heathfield  Hall  which,  formerly 
the  home  of  James  Watt,  has  been  occupied  by  Mr.  Tangye  for 
the  past  25  years.  The  room  is  in  every  detail  of  its  contents 
just  as  Watt  left  it,  and  all  who  appreciated  the  splendid  genius 
of  this  early  engineer  could  not  but  view  with  reverence  the  hun- 
dred-year-old stove,  containing  the  ashes  of  the  last  fire  burnt  in  it 
while  Watt  lived;  the  chest  of  drawers  full  of  odd  bits  of  metal,  scraps 
of  wood,  mathematical  instruments  and  the  like;  the  first  copying 
press,  one  of  Watt’s  inventions,  now  standing  with  the  dust  of  years 
upon  it;  his  lathe  with  its  lamp  and  tools  untouched  and  the  leather 
apron  hung  up  where  he  left  it;  and  many  perfected  or  half-perfected 
processes  or  machines,  all  showing  so  clearly  his  instinct  and  passion 
for  invention.  The  curator  of  these  relics,  which  Mr.  Tangye  long 
ago  presented  to  the  city  of  Birmingham,  made  the  visit  doubly 
interesting  by  his  personal  guidance  and  explanation.  A copy  of 
the  portrait  of  James  Watt,  painted  by  Sir  William  Beechy,  which 
hangs  in  the  dining  room  at  Heathfield,  is  here  reproduced  through 
the  kindness  of  Mr.  Tangye. 


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The  brilliant  garden  fete  given  by  the  Birmingham  Reception 
Committee  on  Tuesday  evening  in  the  Botanical  Gardens  at 
Edgbaston,  and  attended  by  more  than  5000  guests,  was  remark- 
able for  the  lavishness  of  its  hospitality  as  well  as  for  the  splendor  of 
the  entertainment  afforded  and  the  scenic  effect  produced  in  the 
grounds.  On  every  hand  strings  of  miniature  lamps  and  Japanese 
lanterns  cast  a radiant  glow  upon  the  paths  and  the  awnings  of  the 
conservatories  and  lawn.  The  Lord  Mayor  and  Lady  Mayoress, 
Alderman  and  Mrs.  Bowater,  Alderman  Sir  G.  H.  Kenrick,  Sir 
Oliver  J.  Lodge,  Mr.  Henry  Lea  and  Mr.  George  Tangye,  received 
the  members  and  friends  in  the  Floral  Hall  which  was  especially  decor- 
ated for  the  occasion.  Music  was  furnished  by  the  band  of  the  Royal 
Marines  of  Portsmouth  and  during  the  evening  a series  of  fine  fire- 
works was  displayed,  including  a set  piece  showing  the  British  and 
American  flags  crossed  in  the  air.  An  elaborate  luncheon  was  served 
in  the  tents  and  the  American  guests  were  conveyed  to  and  from  their 
hotels  by  special  motor  omnibuses. 

WEDNESDAY,  JULY  27 

The  meetings  in  the  Midland  Institute  were  resumed  on  Wednes- 
day morning  at  10  o’clock,  when  the  following  cablegram  was  read 
from  President  Westinghouse  in  reply  to  that  of  Mr.  Aspinall  sent 
on  Tuesday:  “ Express  my  deep  appreciation  to  Lord  Mayor,  Aspin- 
all, Goss  and  Members  both  associations  for  their  expressions  of 
regret  because  of  my  absence  and  for  their  good  wishes.  I have  the 
highest  hope  that  the  Joint  Meeting  will  be  of  permanent  value  in  fur- 
ther cementing  the  relations  between  the  societies,  and  in  promoting 
cooperation  between  the  engineers  of  the  two  countries.” 

The  following  papers  were  then  presented  and  discussed:  High- 
Speed  Tools  and  Machines  to  Fit  Them,  by  H.  I.  Brackenbury, 
Member  I.Mech.E.,  Elswick  Works,  Sir  W.  G.  Armstrong,  Whit- 
worth & Co.,  Newcastle-on-Tyne;  Rapid  Production  in  Machine 
Work;  Abstract  of  Data  Collected  by  The  American  Society  of  Me- 
chanical Engineers,  read  by  John  Calder,  Mem.Am.Soc.M.E., 
Manager,  Remington  Typewriter  Works,  Ilion,  N.  Y. ; Data  on 
Manufacturing  Methods  with  Machine  Tools,  by  Luther  D. 
Burlingame,  Mem.Am.Soc.M.E.,  Chief  Draftsman,  Brown  & Sharpe 
Co.,  Providence,  R.  I.;  and  Development  of  High-Speed  Drilling 
Machines,  by  L.  P.  Alford,  Mem.Am.Soc.M.E.,  Engineering  Editor 
American  Machinist,  New  York  They  were  discussed  by  J.  Hartley 


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Wicksteed,  William  Lodge,  Dempster  Smith,  Frank  B.  Gilbreth, 
H.  I.  Brackenbury,  Daniel  Adamson,  George  Addy,  Alexander 
Taylor,  W.  F.  M.  Goss  and  John  A.  F.  Aspinall. 

Papers  on  Tooth  Gearing,  by  J.  D.  Steven,  Associate  Member  I. 
Mech.E.,  Messrs.  E.  G.  Wrigley  & Co.,  Soho,  Birmingham;  and  on 
Interchangeable  Involute  Gearing,  by  Wilfred  Lewis,  Mem.Am.Soc. 
M.E.,  President  Tabor  Manufacturing  Company,  Philadelphia,  and 
Chairman  of  the  Committee  on  Standards  for  Involute  Gears,  were  also 
read  in  abstract,  and  were  discussed  by  P.  V.  Vernon,  C.  R.  Gabriel, 
Luther  D.  Burlingame,  Daniel  Adamson,  Thomas  Humpage,  R.  M. 
Neilson,  J.  R.  Williams,  and  Wilfred  Lewis. 

President  Aspinall  moved  that  the  following  resolutions  of  thanks 
to  their  hosts  and  to  the  many  people  in  and  around  Birmingham  for 
the  great  hospitality  which  they  had  extended  to  the  members  of  the 
two  organizations  be  accepted: 

That  the  best  thanks  of  the  Members  of  the  Institution  of  Mechanical  En- 
gineers and  The  American  Society  of  Mechanical  Engineers  in  this  meeting 
assembled  be  given: 

To  the  Right  Hon.  the  Lord  Mayor  of  Birmingham,  Alderman  W.  H. 
Bowater,  for  his  welcome  of  the  President,  Council,  and  Members  of  the  two 
institutions  to  the  city  of  Birmingham;  for  his  and  the  Lady  Mayoress’s  kind 
invitation  to  a Reception  in  the  Council  House;  also  for  his  courteously 
lending  the  Town  Hall  for  the  purposes  of  the  luncheons. 
jP  To  the  Ladies’  Committee  for  so  kindly  entertaining  the  lady  visitors. 

; To  the  Chairman  of  the  Reception  Committee,  the  Lord  Mayor;  the  Vice- 
Chairmen,  Alderman  Sir  George  H.  Kenrick,  Mr.  Henry  Lea,  Sir  Oliver  J. 
Lodge,  D.Sc.,  LI.  D.,  F.R.S.,  Mr.  George  Tangye;  the  Hon.  Treasurer, 
Mr.  Alexander  Fyshe;  and  the  members  of  the  Birmingham  Reception  Com- 
mittee, for  the  attractive  programme  they  have  prepared  for  the  meeting  and 
excursions,  and  for  their  [hospitable  entertainment  [of  the  members  at  the 
garden  fete. 

To  the  Chairman  and  Directors  of  the  South  Staffordshire  Mond  Gas 
(Power  and  Heating  Co.),  the  Pump  and  Power  Co.,  the  Austin  Motor  Co., 
the  Metropolitan  Amalgamated  Railway  Carriage  and  Wagon  Co.,  Mr.  F.  W. 
Macaulay,  Messrs.  E.  G.  Wrigley  and  Co.,  Messrs.  Mitchells  and  Butlers, 
Messrs.  Walter  Somers  and  Co.,  and  the  numerous  proprietors  of  places  of 
engineering  interest  in  Birmingham,  Coventry,  Rugby,  and  neighbourhood, 
for  their  kindness  in  throwing  open  their  Works  for  the  visits  of  members 
and  for  hospitalities;  also  to  the  Birmingham  and  Midland  Institute,  the 
Birmingham  Association  of  Mechanical  Engineers,  and  various  clubs  and  the 
Birmingham  Exchange  for  the  extension  of  hospitable  facilities. 

To  the  Right  Hon.  the  Earl  of  Warwick  for  inviting  the  members  andjadies 
to  visit  Warwick  Castle. 

To  the  Right  Hon.  the  Earl  of  Clarendon  for  permitting  the  members  and 
ladies  to  visit  Kenilworth  Castle. 


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To  the  Right  Hon.  Lord  Leigh  for  permitting  the  members  and  ladies  to 
visit  Stoneleigh  Abbey. 

To  the  Mayor  and  Corporation  of  Worcester  for  their  civic  welcome;  to 
the  Very  Rev.  Dean  of  Worcester  for  permission  to  visit  the  Cathedral;  to  the 
Worcester  Royal  Porcelain  Co.,  for  permission  to  visit  their  works;  and  to  Mr. 
Joseph  Littlebury  for  his  reception  and  address  at  “Ye  Antient  Command* 
ery”;  and  to  Mr.  C.  J.  Seaman  for  arranging  the  visit  to  Worcester. 

To  the  Very  Rev.  Dean  of  Lichfield  for  permission  to  visit  the  Cathedral; 
to  Councillor  Charles  Harradine,  chief  verger,  for  conducting  the  members 
and  ladies  over  the  Cathedral;  to  Councillor  William  A.  Wood,  Chairman  of 
the  Johnson  Birthplace  Committee,  for  conducting  them  over  Dr.  Johnson’s 
house;  and  to  Alderman  Herbert  M.  Morgan,  for  inviting  them  to  the  Old 
Grammar  School  house,  Lichfield. 

To  the  Council  of  the  University  of  Birmingham  for  the  reception  and 
entertainment  of  the  members  and  ladies  at  the  new  buildings. 

To  Mr.  George  Tangye  for  his  invitation  to  visit  the  Watt  room  at  his 
residence. 

To  Messrs.  Alfred  Herbert,  the  Daimler  Motor  Co.,  and  to  the  Wolseley 
Tool  and  Motor  Car  Co.,  for  inviting  the  members  to  visit  their  works,  and 
for  their  kindness  in  entertaining  the  members  at  luncheon. 

To  the  Honorary  Local  Secretaries,  Mr.  Fred.  M.  Lea  and  Mr.  Howard 
Heaton,  for  planning  numerous  visits  to  places  of  interest  in  Birmingham 
and  neighbourhood,  and  for  the  admirable  arrangements  which  their  fore- 
thought and  energy  have  provided  during  the  meeting. 

To  the  London  and  North  Western,  the  Great  Western,  the  Midland,  and 
other  railway  companies  of  Great  Britain  for  special  traveling  facilities  con- 
nected with  the  meeting. 

The  Secretaries  of  the  two  societies  were  instructed  to  transmit  these 
resolutions  to  the  various  corporations  and  individuals  and  Professor 
Hutton  voiced  their  support  by  the  American  members.  The  reso- 
lutions were  carried  by  acclamation. 


Wednesday  Afternoon  and  Evening 

Wednesday  afternoon,  after  luncheon  again  served  in  the  the  Town 
Hall,  was  also  spent  in  sightseeing.  Many  availed  themselves  of 
the  opportunity  to  visit  the  new  buildings  of  the  University  of  Birm- 
ingham, opened  in  July  1909  by  the  late  King  Edward,  which  is 
splendidly  equipped  for  the  study  of  chemistry,  physics  and  mechani- 
cal, civil  and  electrical  engineering.  No  small  part  of  the  formation 
of  this,  the  leading  technical  college  in  Great  Britain,  was  due  to  the 
genius  and  untiring  efforts  of  Mr.  Joseph  Chamberlain,  who  in  1898 
in  a public  announcement  planted  the  seed  of  which  this  great  group 
of  buildings  is  now  the  harvest.  It  was  at  the  suggestion  of  an 


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American  citizen,  Mr.  Andrew  Carnegie,  by  whom  a donation  to  the 
fund  was  made,  that  a committee  was  sent  to  investigate  the  work 
done  in  America,  as  a result  of  which  the  American  system  of 
engineering  was  introduced  into  the  University  by  its  Council.  Sir 
Oliver  J.  Lodge,  a man  of  broad  sympathies  and  of  world-wide  scien- 
tific reputation  has  as  its  Principal  done  much  by  his  remarkable 
personality  to  realize  Mr.  Chamberlain’s  ideal  that  the  University 
“be  not  only  a school  of  general  culture  but  practically  assist  the 
prosperity  and  welfare  of  the  district  by  attention  given  to  teaching 
science  in  connection  with  its  application  to  local  industries  and 
manufacturies.”  On  arrival  at  the  University  the  party  were  received 
on  the  steps  by  Sir  Oliver  J.  Lodge  and  in  the  rotunda  by  the  Vice- 
Chancellor,  Alderman  C.  G.  Beale  the  Pro-Vice-Chancellor,  Alderman 
F.  C.  Clayton;  the  Vice-Principal,  Prof.  It.  S.  Heath,  and  the  Profes- 
sors. The  buildings  and  grounds  were  fully  inspected  and  after  tea 
served  on  invitation  of  the  Council  of  the  University  in  the  Great 
Hall,  a magnificent  edifice  in  which  all  public  ceremonies  are  held, 
the  guests  returned  to  Birmingham  in  the  special,  motor  omnibuses 
provided  for  the  trip. 

A trip  was  made  by  others  to  the  brewery  of  Messrs.  Mitchells  and 
Butlers,  at  Cape  Hill,  Smethwick,  under  the  guidance  of  the  deputy 
Chairman,  W.  Walter  Bulter.  The  malt  used  in  the  manufacture  of 
beer  is  produced  on  the  premises,  and  the  beer  when  finally  manufac- 
tured is  run  into  casks  by  a special  apparatus  which  ensures  absolute 
cleanliness.  A display  of  the  company’s  Volunteer  Fire  Brigade, 
which  has  won  several  prizes,  was  given  in  the  presence  of  the  visitors. 
The  directors  provide  for  the  recreation  of  their  employees  in 
bowling  greens,  cricket  grounds  and  a football  field,  as  well  as 
rooms  for  ambulance  practice,  lectures,  etc.  Conveyances  and 
refreshments  were  offered  to  the  sightseers  through  the  courtesy  of 
the  company. 

The  reception  given  by  the  Lord  Mayor  and  Lady  Mayoress  in 
the  Council  House  on  Wednesday  evening,  was  largely  attended 
and  much  appreciation  expressed  of  the  beauty  of  the  floral  decora- 
tions and  the  excellence  of  the  music.  The  Council  House  con- 
tains a large  reception  room  and  art  gallery  besides  the  Council 
Chambers,  and  all  of  these  were  thrown  open  to  the  guests.  Refresh- 
ments were  served  in  the  gallery  at  the  conclusion  of  the  reception, 
and  the  guests  conveyed  to  their  hotels  in  special  motor  omnibuses. 
The  Lord  Mayor  and  Lady  Mayoress,  who  personally  attended  the 


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various  functions,  not  only  contributed  much  to  the  occasion  by  their 
presence  but  very  effectively  emphasized  the  cordiality  of  our  recep- 
tion. 


THURSDAY,  JULY  28 


Both  organizations  bade  farewell  to  Birmingham  on  Thursday 
morning  with  many  expressions  of  appreciation  of  their  delightful 
sojourn  and  regret  at  leaving  the  many  friends  who  had  made  them 
welcome.  The  entire  day  was  devoted  to  sightseeing,  all  the  plans, 
which  provided  for  four  alternative  excursions,  having  as  an  objective 
point  the  arrival  of  the  members  in  London  that  same  evening,  where 
on  Friday  and  Saturday  the  final  sessions  of  the  Joint  Meeting  were 
to  be  held. 

The  guests  on  one  of  these  trips  visited  Coventry  where  the 
Edgwick  Works  and  Foundry  and  also  the  Head  Works  of  Messrs. 
Albert  Herbert  were  inspected  under  the  personal  guidance  of  Mr. 
Herbert  himself,  Member  of  the  Institution.  This  firm  manufac- 
tures horizontal  and  vertical  milling  machines,  capstan  lathes, 
automatic  screw  and  turning-machines,  light  drilling-machines  and 
universal  grinding  machines.  Piece  work  is  employed  throughout, 
a separate  price  being  given  for  each  operation.  [On  Mr.  Herbert's 
invitation  the  party  took  lunch  in  the  new  building  of  the  company. 

Some  of  the  party  on  arrival  in  Coventry  went  instead  to  the  works 
of  the  Daimler  Motor  Company  where  they  were  escorted  through 
the  buildings  by  Percy  Martin,  Esq.,  Member  of  the  Institution,  and 
were  interested  in  viewing  the  thirteen  different  trades  brought  into 
operation  at  these  works,  namely,  machining,  fitting,  engine-testing, 
erecting,  copper-smithing,  electro-plating,  etc.,  the  whole  occupying 
in  shops  alone  8J  acres  of  floor-space.  The  company  had  provided 
luncheon  for  the  party  which  was  served  at  the  works. 

From  Coventry  the  party  proceeded  to  Rugby,  where  one  group 
visited  the  works  of  Messrs.  Willans  and  Robinson,  under  the  guidance 
of  the  general  manager,  James  C.  Peach,  Esq.,  Member  of  the  Insti- 
tution, the  principal  output  of  these  works  being  steam  turbines, 
steam  and  oil  engines,  condensing  plants  and  pumps.  Others  in- 
spected the  works  of  the  British  Thomson-Houston  Company,  with 
the  chief  engineer,  H.  N.  Sporborg,  Esq.,  as  escort.  This  company 
manufactures  electrical  apparatus  and  Curtis  turbines  for  traction, 
lighting  and  power  purposes. 


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1735 


S.S.  Celtic,  White  Star  Line,  the  Official  Ship 


Capt.  A.  E.  S.  Hambelton,  Commanding  S.S.  Celtic 


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Scene  on  the  Dock  at  Departure  and  Views  on  Board  Ship 


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1737 


The  Sports  on  Board  the  Celtic 


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Midland  Institute,  Birmingham,  and  Motor  Buses  which  Conveyed  Members  and  Guests  to  and  from  their  Hotels 


JOINT  MEETING  IN  ENGLAND 


1739 


The  Watt  House  at  Heathfield 
Group  of  Members  and  Guests  Entertained  by  Mr.  Tangye 


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On  the  Thames  River,  on^Board  the  “ Empress  of  India1 


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1741 


On  the  Thames  River,  on  Board  “His  Majesty” 


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Visit  to  the  Works  of  Alfred  Herbert,  Ltd.,  Coventry 
The  Employees’  Dining  Room  where  the  Party  had  Tea 


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1743 


Another  trip  took  the  sightseers  to  Lichfield,  stopping  at  Hammer- 
wich  en  route,  where  under  the  guidance  of  the  engineer,  H.  Ashton 
Hill,  Esq.,  they  visited  the  Pipe  Hill  Pumping  Station  of  the  South 
Staffordshire  Water  Works  Company,  which  supplies  a population 
of  nearly  three-quarters  of  a million.  At  Lichfield  they  were  shown 
through  the  finely-proportioned  three-spired  cathedral  one  of  the  best 
existing  types  of  the  fourteenth  century  English  church,  by  the  chief 
verger,  Councillor  Charles  Harradine.  This  edifice  is  constructed 
of  red  sandstone  and  the  western  facade,  the  principal  entrance, 
has  a wonderful  richness  of  decoration.  In  this  same  town  also,  Dr. 
Samuel  Johnson  was  born  and  the  party  were  fortunate  in  viewing  his 
birthplace  under  the  guidance  of  the  Chairman  of  the  Johnson  Birth- 
place Committee,  Councillor  William  A.  Wood.  In  the  middle  of 
St.  Mary’s  Square,  facing  his  father’s  house,  is  a colossal  statute  of 
of  the  doctor  himself,  which  looks  down  upon  the  spectator  from  a 
pedestal  ten  or  twelve  feet  high.  Alderman  Herbert  M.  Morgan,  ex- 
May  or  of  Lichfield,  took  the  visitors  through  the  Old  Grammar 
School,  where  Johnson,  Addison,  Elias  Ashmole,  Garrick  and  Darwin 
once  sat  upon  the  rude  benches  and  no  doubt  spent  many  uncom- 
fortable hours. 

Other  members  of  the  Society  visited  the  works  of  the  Wolseley 
Tool  and  Motor  Car  Company  at  Adderly  Park,  about  two  miles 
from  the  centre  of  Birmingham,  which  devotes  exclusive  attention 
to  the  manufacture  of  motor-cars  and  petrol  engines  for  marine, 
aeroplane  and  various  purposes,  and  is  equipped  with  high-class 
machine  tools. 

The  rest  of  the  travelers  made  a trip  to  Kenilworth,  Warwick  and 
Stratford-upon-Avon,  one  group  proceeding  first  to  Kenilworth, 
thence  to  Guy’s  Cliff  and  Warwick,  and  concluding  with  a visit  to 
Stratford;  and  the  other  going  first  to  Stratford  and  from  there 
to  Warwick  and  Kenilworth,  the  two  parties  passing  each  other 
en  route.  In  one  case  luncheon  was  procured  at  Warwick,  and 
in  the  other  at  Stratford,  in  the  old  Red  Horse  Hotel  which  an 
American  finds  it  impossible  not  to  associate  with  our  own  Washing- 
ton Irving. 

At  Kenilworth  the  party  viewed  the  magnificent  ruins  of  the  old 
castle,  so  full  of  memories  of  the  days  of  Elizabeth  and  of  her 
courtier,  the  Earl  of  Leicester.  The  picturesque  Guy’s  Cliff,  which 
contains  the  cave  in  which  Guy,  first  Earl  of  Warwick,  is  fabled 
to  have  passed  his  latter  days  and  to  have  been  buried,  formed  a 
fitting  introduction  to  the  gray  towers  of  Warwick  which  King 


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Cymbeline  is  said  to  have  founded  at  the  beginning  of  the  Christian 
era.  The  river  Avon,  which  flows  before  the  castle,  so  perfectly  re- 
flects it  in  its  depths  that  Hawthorne’s  fancy  with  regard  to 
the  reality  of  the  mirrored  image  and  the  unreality  of  the  upper 
structure  seems  amply  justified.  Through  the  courtesy  of  the  Earl  of 
Warwick  the  castle  with  its  many  historic  relics  and  architectural 
beauties  was  thrown  open  to  the  visitors. 

At  Stratford-upon-Avon,  now  a successful  place  of  business  and 
often  for  that  reason  a disappointment  to  the  visitor  because  of 
its  “ newness,”  the  party  visited  Shakespeare’s  birthplace  where 
the  beholder  must  always  marvel  at  the  humble  surroundings  of 
the  man  whose  splendid  imaginings  have  so  peopled  our  world; 
the  church  in  which  stands  his  tomb  engraved  with  the  famous 
“ curse”;  Anne  Hathway’s  Cottage  of  much  the  same  rude  order  as 
Shakespeare’s  house;  and  the  Memorial  Theatre,  a more  modern 
structure.  On  all  of  these  excursions  as  on  the  previous  day,  the 
amplest  provision  and  care  had  been  made  for  the  conveyance  and 
refreshment  of  the  travelers. 

More  than  800  guests,  even  after  this  strenuous  day,  assembled 
in  the  evening  at  the  delightful  Conversazione  given  in  the  rooms  of 
the  Institution.  This  building,  which  has  been  erected  since  the 
former  visit  of  the  American  members  to  England  in  1889,  was  much 
admired  by  all  for  the  beauty  of  its  architecture  and  decorations 
and  for  its  fine  site  overlooking  the  waters  of  St.  James  Park.  Presi- 
dent and  Mrs.  Aspinall  received  the  guests  in  the  large  hall  which 
is  decorated  with  Hungarian  oak  panellings,  surmounted  by  red 
walls  and  enriched  ceilings.  During  the  evening,  music  was  rendered 
here  and  in  the  library  by  the  band  of  the  Royal  Artillery  and  by 
several  fine  vocalists.  A short  lecture  illustrated  by  lantern  slides 
was  given  by  Dr.  H.  S.  Hele-Shaw,  on  Stream  Line  Experiments 
Illustrating  Aeroplane  Stability.  Refreshments  were  served  in  the 
Marble  Room.  [4$ 


FRIDAY,  JULY  29 


The  concluding  professional  session  of  the  Joint  Meeting  was  held 
on  Friday,  in  the  Institution  House  of  the  Civil  Engineers,  which  is 
diagonally  opposite  the  headquarters  of  the  Mechanical  Engineers. 
On  account  of  the  fatigue  of  the  previous  day  the  attendance  was 
small,  but  those  who  were  present  were  repaid  by  the  opportunity 


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of  meeting  in  the  dignified  rooms  of  the  Institution  and  of  participat- 
ing in  the  discussion  of  especially  able  papers  on  Electric  Traction. 
The  societies  were  welcomed  by  Mr.  Alexander  Siemens,  Senior  Vice- 
President,  who  expressed  the  Institution’s  great  pleasure  in  thus  offer- 
ing to  the  Joint  Meeting  the  use  of  their  theatre.  President  Aspinall 
responded  and  in  expressing  his  thanks  spoke  of  the  improbability 
that  another  such  gathering  would  be  held  in  the  historic  building, 
because  of  the  early  occupation  by  the  Institution  of  their  new  home. 
Dr.  Goss,  on  behalf  of  the  American  members,  spoke  of  the  charm 
such  a building  had  for  those  from  a newer  environment  and  of  their 
appreciation  of  being  able  to  gain  some  acquaintance  with  the  In- 
stitution. 

The  following  papers  were  then  read  in  abstract:  Electrification 
of  Suburban  Railways,  by  F.  W.  Carter,  of  Rugby;  The  Cost  of 
Electrically-Propelled  Suburban  Trains,  by  H.  M.  Hobart,  of  Lon- 
don; Economics  of  Railway  Electrification,  William  Bancroft  Potter, 
Mem.Am.Soc.M.E.,  Engineer,  Railway  and  Traction  Department, 
General  Electric  Company,  Schenectady,  N.  Y.,  presented  by  H. 
H.  Barnes,  Jr.,  of  New  York;  The  Electrification  of  Trunk  Lines,  by 
L.  R.  Pomeroy,  Mem.Am.Soc.M.E.,  J.  G.  White,  Co.,  Inc.,  New 
York,  N.  Y.;  The  Electrification  of  Railways,  by  George  Westing- 
house,  President  Am.Soc.M.E.,  Pittsburg,  Pa.,  presented  by  Charles 
F.  Scott,  of  Pittsburg.  These  were  discussed  by  Charles  F.  Scott, 
H.  F.  Parshall,  J.  Dalziel,  Sidney  Stone,  Edgar  Worthington,  H.  M. 
Hobart,  Angus  Sinclair,  J.  G.  Wilson,  F.  R.  Hutton,  F.  W.  Carter, 
H.  H.  Barnes,  Cary  T.  Hutchinson,  and  J.  R.  Williams. 

The  following  resolutions  of  thanks  were  then  put  to  vote  and 
carried  by  acclamation: 

To  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Maw  and  Sir  John  and  Lady  Thornycroft  for  their  kind 
invitations  to  the  members  and  ladies  to  attend  garden  parties. 

To  The  Times  for  the  invitation  to  visit  their  printing  works. 

To  the  Council  of  the  Institution  of  Civil  Engineers  for  so  kindly  placing 
their  lecture  hall  at  the  disposal  of  the  members  for  the  purposes  of  the  London 
meeting. 

To  His  Worship  the  Mayor  of  Windsor,  Councillor  C.  F.  Dyson,  for  cour- 
teously lending  the  Guildhall  for  the  purposes  of  the  luncheon  in  Windsor; 
also  to  His  Worship  and  Mr.  George  Mitchell,  Mr.  Christopher  Sainty 
and  Mr.  George  Willis  for  conducting  the  members  and  ladies  at  Windsor. 

That  the  Secretaries  of  the  Institution  of  Mechanical  Engineers  and  The 
American  Society  of  Mechanical  Engineers  be  severally  instructed  to  transmit 
the  above  resolutions  to  the  various  corporations  and  individuals  who  have 


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done  so  much  to  make  the  Joint  Meeting  enjoyable  and  memorable  on  both 
sides  of  the  Atlantic. 

Prof.  F.  R.  Hutton  made  the  concluding  remarks  of  the  session, 
speaking  at  some  length  of  the  enjoyment  of  the  American  members 
of  the  Birmingham  and  London  meetings,  and  offering  the  following 
additional  resolutions : 

The  American  Society  of  Mechanical  Engineers,  present  by  invitation  at  the 
closing  session  of  the  Joint  Summer  Meeting  of  1910  with  the  Institution  of 
Mechanical  Engineers,  asks  permission  to  offer  for  record  the  following  minute’ 
and  requests  its  Acting  President  to  put  the  resolution  to  vote: 

The  American  Society  of  Mechanical  Engineers  has  been  enveloped  in  an 
atmosphere  of  courteous,  friendly,  and  devoted  attention  from  the  moment 
that  the  vessel  which  carried  the  official  and  organized  party  entered  the  River 
Mersey  at  Liverpool.  Beginning  with  a reception  on  the  steamer,  at  which 
the  President  and  Secretary  of  the  Institution  officially  welcomed  the  party, 
in  conjunction  with  representatives  of  the  city  and  other  interests  of  that  pro- 
gressive corporation,  and  continuing  through  the  arrangements  for  comfort- 
able and  convenient  transportation  by  train  to  the  place  of  first  meeting;  pro- 
viding on  arrival  for  prompt  and  satisfactory  hotel  accommodation,  and  for 
organizing,  in  a masterly  way,  which  extended  even  to  the  most  minute  details 
for  the  enjoyment  of  the  visitors  on  excursions,  in  affording  opportunities  to 
visit  works,  for  transportation,  and  for  motor  drives  in  the  historic  Midlands 
of  England,  the  Institution  of  Mechanical  Engineers  has  placed  The  American 
Society  of  Mechanical  Engineers  under  an  obligation  which  no  mere  words 
or  resolutions  are  an  adequate  medium  to  discharge.  The  visitors  can  only 
assure  the  home  Society,  its  President,  its  Council,  its  Secretary  and  its  organ- 
izing committee  that  just  because  they  are  themselves  organizers  and  doers 
they  are  able  most  thoroughly  to  appreciate  such  work  well  done. 

The  American  Society  also  appreciates  most  sincerely  the  generous  purpose 
which  has  spared  no  sacrifice  when  the  desired  object  of  the  hosts  has  had  to 
be  met  by  the  ordinary  commercial  procedure  as  respects  outside  parties. 
Hence  the  Society  moves  and  seconds  the  following  resolutions: 

Resolved,  that  The  American  Society  of  Mechanical  Engineers  desires,  in 
addition  to  the  resolutions  passed  in  Birmingham  thanking  those  who  had  put 
both  bodies  under  a pleasant  debt  of  obligation,  to  put  on  record  the  follow- 
ing special  resolutions  of  thanks : 

Resolved,  that  The  American  Society  thanks  the  Institution  of  Mechanical 
Engineers,  its  President,  Council,  Secretary  and  Committee  for  their  cease- 
less, unremitting,  and  painstaking  effort  for  the  pleasure  and  success  of  the 
Joint  Meeting  of  1910  in  Birmingham  and  London. 

Resolved,  that  this  Joint  Meeting  will  be  a memory  of  delight  and  pleasure 
for  all  the  Americans  who  have  been  privileged  to  share  in  it. 

Resolved,  that  The  American  Society  of  Mechanical  Engineers  desires  to 
thank  the  Birmingham  Reception  Committee  for  certain  special  considera- 
tions at  their  hands,  which  were  extended  exclusively  to  the  American  mem- 
bers of  the  Joint  Party,  and  requests  the  Institution  to  be  the  channel  for  con- 
veying such  action  of  thanks. 


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Resolved,  that  The  American  Society  of  Mechanical  Engineers  desires  by 
this  action  to  express  for  the  ladies,  who  have  accompanied  the  members,  some- 
thing of  the  appeciation  of  both  members  and  ladies  for  the  delicate  and  con- 
siderate attention  which  has  made  their  participation  a delight  and  a possi- 
bility. The  members  feel  that  international  friendships  springing  from  these 
days  of  close  and  enjoyable  .association  are  sure  to  last  forward  into  future 
happy  years. 

Resolved,  that  The  American  Society  of  Mechanical  Engineers  requests 
the  Institution  of  Mechanical  Engineers  to  incorporate  this  minute  and  action 
as  part  of  its  record  of  the  Proceedings  of  the  Joint  Summer  Meeting  of  1910. 

These  were  carried  by  the  rising  vote  cf  all  the  Americans 
present. 

Friday  Afternoon  and  Evening 

Two  very  enjoyable  garden  parties  were  given  on  Friday  after- 
noon, one  at  the  home  of  Dr.  William  H.  Maw,  Esq.,  Past-President 
of  the  Institution,  and  Mrs.  Maw,  at  Addison  Road,  Kensington, 
and  the  other  at  Eyot  Villa,  in  Chiswick  Mall,  the  home  of  Sir  John 
Thornycroft,  Member  of  the  Council,  and  Lady  Thornycroft,  at  both 
of  which  the  visitors  were  given  a delightful  glimpse  of  English 
home  life. 

A number  of  members  also  inspected  the  British  Museum,  and 
the  Times  Office  in  Printing  House  Square  through  which  they 
were  conducted  by  the  Chief  Engineer,  J.  P.  Bland,  Esq.,  Member 
I.Mech.E.  These  offices  stand  on  the  site  of  the  building  from 
which  the  paper  was  first  issued  in  1785. 

An  event  to  which  the  American  members  had  looked  forward 
with  much  delightful  anticipation  was  the  banquet  given  by  the 
Institution  on  Friday  evening  in  the  Connaught  Rooms,  the  largest 
dining  hall  in  the  city  of  London.  After  the  usual  toasts  to  the 
Crown  had  been  given,  President  Aspinall  proposed  The  President 
of  the  United  States,  which  was  acknowledged  by  the  American 
Ambassador,  the  Hon.  Whitelaw  Reid.  Mr.  Reid  said  that  he  re- 
garded this  toast  not  only  as  a tribute  of  high  regard  for  the  personal 
character  of  the  present  occupant  of  the  Presidential  chair,  but 
also  a token  of  profound  respect  for  the  whole  country  over  which 
he  ruled,  and  that  he  believed  the  material  conquests  which  had 
created  and  developed  the  great  empire  of  America,  occupying  more 
than  one-quarter  of  the  habitable  surface  of  the  globe  and  comprising 
nearly  one-third  of  its  inhabitants,  were  due  to  no  class  more  largely 
than  to  the  mechanical  engineers  of  the  two  countries  represented 
at  this  gathering. 


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Sir  William  H.  White  in  giving  the  toast,  The  American  Society 
of  Mechanical  Engineers,  recalled  the  fact  that  it  was  founded  but 
30  years  ago  and  yet  had  now  a membership  of  about  4000.  He 
referred  particularly  to  the  long  years  of  service  for  the  Society  of 
Prof.  F.  It.  Hutton,  who,  he  said,  had  together  with  the  present 
Secretary,  promoted  the  Society’s  growth  and  success,  and  that  by 
virtue  of  their  ideals  for  its  welfare  the  American  organization  was 
safe  in  their  hands.  Professor  Hutton  in  responding  said  that  the 
present  gathering  was  the  culmination  of  a series  of  meetings  of 
mechanical  engineers  on  both  sides  of  the  Atlantic,  and  that  the 
profession  which  they  represented  underlay  the  civilization  of  the 
Anglo-Saxon  race.  The  American  was  much  at  home  in  the  United 
Kingdom  because  he  and  his  host  had  a common  ideal. 

A toast  to  Our  English  Guests,  proposed  by  Edward  B.  Ellington, 
Vice-President  of  the  Institution,  was  acknowledged  by  Dr.  It.  T. 
Glazebrook,  Director  of  the  National  Physical  Laboratory;  and  the 
final  toast  of  the  evening,  The  Institution  of  Mechanical  Engineers, 
given  by  Dr.  W.  F.  M.  Goss,  was  answered  by  President  Aspinall. 

Among  the  guests  of  the  evening  were  James  M.  Dodge,  Oberlin 
Smith,  A.  H.  D.  R.  Steel-Maitland,  M.  P.,  Dr.  Worcester,  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  J.  Hartley  Wicksteed,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  F.  W.  Taylor,  Dr.  and  Mrs. 
Wm.  Maw,  Charles  Hawksley,  the  Lord  Mayor  and  Lady  Mayoress 
of  Windsor,  E.  P.  Martin,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ambrose  Swasey,  Charles 
Kirchhoff,  J.  L.  Griffiths,  United  States  Vice-Consul,  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
John  R.  Freeman,  Sir  Gerard  and  Lady  Muntz,  Henry  Lea,  C.  F. 
Scott,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Jesse  M.  Smith,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  James  Hartness, 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Wm.  H.  Wiley,  Calvin  W.  Rice,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Willis 
E.  Hall,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Henry  L.  Gantt  and  Dr.  Hele-Shaw.  Music 
was  furnished  during  the  evening  by  the  Imperial  Orchestra. 

SATURDAY,  JULY  30 

All-day  excursions  to  Windsor  and  Marlow  occupied  Saturday, 
half  of  the  party  leaving  London  by  special  train  for  Windsor  and 
proceeding  by  the  special  steam  launches,  Empress  of  India  and 
Majestic,  to  Marlow,  and  the  other  half  going  by  train  to  Marlow 
and  thence  to  Windsor  by  the  launches,  His  Majesty  and  Princess 
Beatrice,  the  two  groups  passing  each  other  on  the  river.  A view  of 
the  two  parties  is  given  herewith.  In  one  case  luncheon  was  served 
in  Windsor  at  the  Guildhall,  with  tea  at  the  Compleat  Angler  and 
George  and  Dragon  Hotels  in  Marlow,  a picturesque  fishing  resort; 


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while  in  the  other  the  party  had  luncheon  on  the  launches  and  tea 
in  the  Guildhall.  The  trips  on  the  launches  were  most  enjoyable 
and  gave  a complete  idea  of  life  on  the  Thames,  including  the 
famous  Henley  regatta,  then  in  progress.  At  Windsor,  the  Lord 
Mayor,  Councillor  C.  F.  Dyson,  Alderman  George  Mitchell,  Mem. 
I.Mech.E.,  Christopher  Sainty,  Mem.I.Mech.E.,  and  George  Willis, 
Assoc.  Mem.I.Mech.E.,  personally  conducted  the  party  about  this 
favorite  residence  of  the  English  monarchs. 

On  Saturday  evening  Sir  William  H.  White,  Past-President  of  the 
Institution  and-  an  Honorary  Member  of  the  Society,  together  with 
Lady  White  entertained  the  Councils  of  the  Institution  and  the 
Society  at  dinner  in  the  Garden  Club,  which  overlooks  the  grounds 
of  the  Japan-British  Exposition  at  Shepherd’s  Bush.  The  pictur- 
esque Japanese  Gardens,  with  their  flavor  of  old-world  romance,  and 
the  fine  exhibits  of  ancient  and  feudal  Japan,  contrast  strongly  with 
the  wonderful  modern  enterprise  of  both  nations,  and  make  the  spot 
vastly  interesting.  Many  Americans  took  advantage  of  the  oppor- 
tunity to  see  this  Exhibition,  assembling  later  in  the  room  which 
had  been  especially  set  aside  for  the  purpose  by  those  in  charge. 

SUNDAY,  JULY  31 

Interest  has  long  been  manifested  by  the  Society  in  the  Sir  Benja- 
min Baker  Memorial  Window  in  Westminster  Abbey,  which  was 
unveiled  on  Dec.  3,  1909,  and  it  was  a pleasure  to  have  an  oppor- 
tunity on  Sunday  evening  of  viewing  it.  The  window,  which 
is  situated  on  the  north  side  of  the  Nave,  contains  two  lights 
having  the  figures  of  King  Edward  III  and  Abbot  Simon  Langham, 
under  canopies,  both  lights  being  framed  with  borders  containing 
niches  which  hold  twelve  statuettes  and  as  many  shields.  Below 
these  is  the  inscription  on  tablets  held  by  the  figures  of  angels:  in 

MEMORY  OF  SIR  BENJAMIN  BAKER,  CIVIL  ENGINEER,  FORTH  BRIDGE, 

assuan  dam.  b.  1840.  d.  1907.  The  members  assembled  in  the 
Dean’s  Yard  and  were  conducted  through  the  Abbey  with  its  many 
famous  spots  by  the  Sub-Dean,  the  Very  Reverend  Dr.  Duckworth. 
At  the  Vesper  Service  in  the  Nave,  at  seven  o’clock,  seats  had 
been  assigned  to  the  representatives  of  the  two  societies  and  in  his 
sermon  the  Bishop  of  Lewes  gave  a special  greeting  to  the  American 
visitors,  of  which  250  were  present. 

Taking  his  text  from  I Cor.  xxii.  5,  “ There  are  differences  of  admin- 
istration, but  the  same  Lord,”  the  Bishop  declared  this  to  be  the 


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exact  opposite  of  the  theory  that  everybody  ought  to  be  alike.  Each 
had  his  special  place  and  value,  which  were  appraised  differently 
by  men  but  not  by  God.  There  were  also  differences  of  method, 
and  not  all  seemed  unsuccessful.  Here  amidst  the  memorials  of  the 
mighty  dead  we  were  never  allowed  to  forget  for  one  moment  the 
vast  range  of  God’s  workings  in  the  life  of  men.  Men  great  in  war 
and  great  in  peace,  men  far  from  perfect,  each  humanly  weak,  were 
here,  but  here  because  of  the  power  of  ministration  that  was  in  them. 
Differing  widely  in  gift,  method,  opportunity,  they  were  united  in 
being  searchers  after  the  truth,  interpreter’s  of  God’s. plans  and  pur- 
poses for  man,  men  who  tried  to  serve  their  generation  by  the  will 
of  God.  Sir  Benjamin  Baker  was  such  a worker  in  the  field  of  engi- 
neering service.  The  builder  of  Forth  Bridge  hardly  needed  any 
further  remembrance,  but  as  a man  of  noble  character,  as  well  as  a 
scientific  genius,  he  belonged  among  those  who  shared  his  talents 
and  his  strenuous  life  to  interpret  God’s  plans  to  men. 

This  service  was  regarded  as  the  benediction  of  the  Joint  Meeting 
in  England,  which  could  not  have  been  more  appropriately  ended. 

On  Monday  evening,  on  the  eve  of  departure  on  their  second 
world  tour,  Ambrose  Swasey,  to  whose  forethought,  wonderful  tact 
and  administrative  ability  it  is  not  too  much  to  say  that  a great 
part  of  the  success  of  the  Society’s  trip  to  England  is  due,  together 
with  Mrs.  Swasey  gave  a dinner  to  the  members  of  the  Council  of 
the  American  Society  in  the  Hotel  Russell,  London.  Leave  takings 
were  general  on  every  side,  some  of  the  party  going  on  to  the  Conti- 
nent and  others  returning  at  once  to  America. 

Among  the  kindly  messages  received  during  the  Joint  Meeting 
was  the  following  telegram  from  the  Junior  Institution:  “ President 
Sir  Henry  Oram  and  Council  Junior  Institution  Engineers  desire 
join  expressions  welcome  American  Society  Mechanical  Engineers  on 
visit  Great  Britain.”  Every  member  also  received  from  the  Presi- 
dent of  the  Institution  of  Mechanical  Engineers  a very  handsome 
brochure,  containing  portraits  of  the  Presidents  of  the  two  organi- 
zations represented  at  the  Joint  Meeting,  and  brief  biographical 
sketches  of  George  Stephenson,  Matthew  Boulton,  James  Watt, 
Richard  Trevithick,  Robert  Fulton,  and  William  Symington,  pro- 
fusely illustrated  with  portraits  and  with  quaint  designs  reproduced 
from  Stuart’s  Anecdotes  of  Steam  Engines,  published  in  1829. 

Such  an  account  as  is  here  presented  can  give  but  a glimpse  of  the 
visit  to  England,  remarkable  for  its  comfort  and  sociability  and  for 
the  vast  entertainment  provided  by  the  English  Society,  presenting 


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as  it  did  a happy  combination  of  the  technical  and  social  features 
which  were  all  blended  together  in  the  increased  mutual  regard,  as 
removed  from  rivalry,  of  these  two  great  national  organizations. 
As  no  American  can  find  himself  a stranger  in  this  land  of  his  fore- 
fathers and  his  traditions,  so  no  member  of  a professional  organiza- 
tion on  this  side  of  the  water  can  come  in  contact  with  those  of  a 
similar  vocation  in  England  without  experiencing  a sense  of  common 
ideals  and  common  aims.  Of  the  wonderful  hospitality  accorded  by 
the  English  Institution  too  much  cannot  be  said;  nor  can  thanks 
ever  express  to  the  British  members  the  gratitude  and  pleasure  of 
their  American  guests.  Not  the  slightest  detail  seems  to  have  been 
omitted,  the  machinery  of  the  entire  gathering  moving  so  perfectly 
as  to  be  practically  invisible.  The  finely  prepared  program,  with 
its  maps  covering  every  inch  of  the  ground  to  be  traveled  during  the 
meeting,  was  an  illustration  of  this  wonderful  attention  to  detail, 
including  information,  in  addition  to  fullest  data  of  meetings  and 
trips,  which  met  every  possible  want  of  the  traveler,  from  res- 
taurant locations  and  cab  fares  to  the  dates  of  departure  of  steam- 
ships carrying  mails.  The  many  welcoming  hands  held  out  on 
every  side  made  the  meeting  a homecoming  rather  than  a visit, 
to  be  looked  back  upon  by  all  as  a red-letter  season  in  the  life  of  the 
Society.  The  greeting  of  the  English  engineers  when  they  shall 
next  come  to  American  shores,  in  a way  worthy  of  their  own  wel- 
come, is  already  joyfully  anticipated  by  our  members. 


Watt  Letter  Presented  to  The  American  Society  of  Mechanical 
Engineers  by  Mr.  George  Tangye  in  Birmingham,  July  26 


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Council  House,  Colmore  Row,  Birmingham 


Colmore  Row,  Birmingham 


1754 


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University  of  Birmingham 


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1755 


Botanical  Gardens,  Edgbaston 


Coventry,  Showing  the  Spires  of  St.  Michael’s,  St.  Mark’s  and  St.  John’s 


1756 


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Lichfield  Cathedral  from  Minster  Pool,  showing  the  Three  Spires, 


Ruins  of  Kenilworth  Castle 


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1757 


Stratford-upon-Avon 

The  Shakespeare  Memorial  Building  appears  at  the  right  and  the  Church 
containing  the  Tombs  of  Shakespeare  and  Anne  Hathaway  at  the  left. 


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Warwick  Castle  on  the  River  Avon 


1758 


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Shakespeare’s  House,  Stratford-upon-AvoN 


Anne  Hathaway’s  Cottage,  Stratford-upon-Avon 


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1759 


Lichfield  Cathedral,  Showing  the  West  Door,  Its  Main  Entrance 


1760 


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Worcester  Cathedral 


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1761 


Windsor  Castle  from  the  Thames 


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Mr.  George  Tangye,  Esq. 

Who  Presented  to  the  Society  the  Watt  Letter 


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Right  Hon.  Joseph  Chamberlain 

Former  Chancellor  of  the  University  of  Birmingham,  Who  Started 
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